pompously
pompously adverb: in a pompous manner.
Adverb
pompously (comparative more pompously, superlative most pompously)
- In a pompous manner.
- 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
- 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
Forms of pompously
| comparative | more pompously |
|---|---|
| superlative | most pompously |
Origin of pompously
From pompous + -ly.
Questions about pompously
- What does pompously mean?
- Pompously means in a pompous manner.
- What part of speech is pompously?
- Pompously is an adverb.
Words near pompously in the dictionary
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