highty-tighty

[ hahy-tee-tahy-tee ]

adjective

1. hoity-toity.

Example Sentences

“Highty-tighty! Is that the way you take my advice, Miss? You’ll be sorry for it by-and-by, when you’ve tried love in a cottage and found it a failure.”

From Literature

"Until then, I must act for him, and I forbid——" "Highty-tighty, and what's the matter here?" broke in a hearty voice behind them, at which they all turned in surprise.

From Project Gutenberg

But dey sent Miss Rachel to a real highty-tighty school, dat dey did, down to Louisville.

From Project Gutenberg

Patty's kind o' flighty, isn't she, and cracked on the men, although you wouldn't think it from her highty-tighty manner.

From Project Gutenberg

It's 'nough to make one's blood run cold to see the highty-tighty airs that woman puts on.

From Project Gutenberg