pompously
English
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editpompously (comparative more pompously, superlative most pompously)
- In a pompous manner.
- 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 211:
- When he went home on leave he rioted on a large scale - pompously.
- 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 85:
- 'I could cite good reasons both for and against such a course of action,' he began pompously.
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editin a pompous manner
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