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pontificially

pontificially is the obsolete form of pontifically.

Meaning of pontifically

Adverb

pontifically (comparative more pontifically, superlative most pontifically)

  1. In a pontifical manner; in the manner of a pope.
    • He slapped his documents open on the table and seated himself pontifically, with a certain imminent redness lurking behind the formality of his expression.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 139
  2. Whilst pontificating; with pontification.

Forms of pontificially

comparativemore pontificially
superlativemost pontificially

Questions about pontificially

What is pontificially the obsolete form of?
Pontificially is the obsolete form of pontifically.

Words near pontificially in the dictionary

  1. pontificators
  2. pontificatory
  3. pontifice
  4. pontifices
  5. pontificial
  6. pontificially
  7. pontifician
  8. pontificians
  9. pontificious
  10. pontified
  11. pontifies

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