pompously
Adverb
In a pompous manner.
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When he went home on leave he rioted on a large scale - pompously.
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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.
'I could cite good reasons both for and against such a course of action,' he began pompously.
Adverb
in a pompous manner
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he pompously described his achievements
Word forms
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