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abluster en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /əˈblʌs.tə/ (UK)
  • /əˈblʌs.tɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From a- + bluster.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) With bluster; loudly or ostentatiously.
    • S'bin a treat, t'see him stalled abluster by Coxen. 2020, Gilbert and Valerie Lewthwaite, Mari's Way, page 165:
    • Frasham entered the café with great strides all abluster, making the tiny bell spring on its gantry above the door. 2021, Eley Williams, The Liar's Dictionary:
    • "Cer—" began Hunnewell, and then leaped to his feet, all abluster with temper and uncertainty. 2020, Ernest Haycox, August Nemo, Essential Novelists - Ernest Haycox: