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boastingly

UK/ˈbəʊstɪŋli/

boastingly adverb: boastfully.

Adverb

boastingly (comparative more boastingly, superlative most boastingly)

  1. Boastfully.
    • I doe not thinke that any Spartane Citizen did boastingly glorifie himselfe for his valor, because it was a popular vertue in that Nation […]., II.7

Forms of boastingly

comparativemore boastingly
superlativemost boastingly

Origin of boastingly

From boasting + -ly.

Questions about boastingly

What does boastingly mean?
Boastingly means boastfully.
What part of speech is boastingly?
Boastingly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce boastingly?
Boastingly is pronounced /ˈbəʊstɪŋli/ (UK).

Words near boastingly in the dictionary

  1. boastfully
  2. boastfulness
  3. boastfulnesses
  4. boastin'
  5. boasting
  6. boastingly
  7. boastings
  8. boastive
  9. boastless
  10. boastly
  11. boasts

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