pompously en · ADV
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English pompous Middle English -ly English -ly English pompously From pompous + -ly.
Meanings
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In a pompous manner.
That young man could offer little information, however. The sky, he explained pompously, was a great mystery that only an adept might communicate to another. He meant that he didn't know about it, Dave gathered.
1963, Lester del Rey, The Sky Is Falling:When he went home on leave he rioted on a large scale - pompously.
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:'I could cite good reasons both for and against such a course of action,' he began pompously.
1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 85:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most pompously | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more pompously | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Translations (10)
pt pomposamente (in a pompous manner) · es pomposamente (in a pompous manner) · fi mahtipontisesti (in a pompous manner) · ca pomposament (in a pompous manner) · gl pomposamente (in a pompous manner) · sv pompöst (in a pompous manner) · pl pompatycznie (in a pompous manner) · it pomposamente (in a pompous manner) · fr pompeusement (in a pompous manner) · ru напы́щенно (in a pompous manner)