Pompously
['pɔmpəsli]
Definition
(adv.) in a pompous manner; 'he pompously described his achievements'.
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Examples
- On my politely bidding him Good morning, he said, pompously, Seven times nine, boy? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Don't let's have no more to do, said the powdered gentleman pompously. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He was a Captain in the --th regiment, said the old gentleman rather pompously. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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