different between pretentiously vs boastfully
pretentiously
English
Etymology
pretentious +? -ly
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p???t?n??sli?/, /p???t?n??sli?/
- (US) IPA(key): /p???t?n??sli?/, /p?i??t?n??sli?/
Adverb
pretentiously (comparative more pretentiously, superlative most pretentiously)
- In a manner with unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.
- Ostentatiously; in a manner intended to impress others.
- Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy […] distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.
- In a manner demanding of skill or daring.
Related terms
- pretentious
- pretentiousness
Translations
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boastfully
English
Etymology
boastful +? -ly
Adverb
boastfully (comparative more boastfully, superlative most boastfully)
- In a boastful manner.
Translations
boastfully From the web:
- boastfully meaning
- what does boastful mean
- what does boastfully
- what does boastful mean in english
- what do boastful mean
- what does boastful
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