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Definition of Pretentiously
1. Adverb. In a pretentious manner. "This author writes pretentiously"
Definition of Pretentiously
1. Adverb. In a manner with unwarranted claim to importance or distinction. ¹
2. Adverb. Ostentatiously; in a manner intended to impress others. ¹
3. Adverb. In a manner demanding of skill or daring. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pretentiously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pretentiously
Literary usage of Pretentiously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hellenica: essays on Greek poetry, philosophy, history and religion, ed. by by Hellenica, Evelyn Abbott (1880)
"Nothing is pleasanter than • sit by and listen to his reflections somewhat loosely
and yet pretentiously delivered. The other something referred to is ..."
2. Essays on Indian Antiquities: Historic, Numismatic, and Palæographic by James Prinsep, Edward Thomas (1858)
"... temples of the idolaters ; the original cost of the twenty-seven edifices of
this nature specified in the text is pretentiously estimated at countless ..."
3. Outlines of Rhetoric: Embodied in Rules, Illustrative Examples, and a by John Franklin Genung (1898)
"Acme, used pretentiously for summit or height. Act, action. ... Adopt, not to be
used pretentiously in the sense of take; as, "What course will you adopt? ..."
4. Outlines of Rhetoric: Embodied in Rules, Illustrative Examples, and a by John Franklin Genung (1893)
"Acme, used pretentiously for summit or height. Act, action. ... Administer,
sometimes used over- pretentiously in the sense of deal; as, " administer blows. ..."
5. The Christian Examiner edited by Edward Everett Hale (1862)
"In America, in the United States, " the Church " thus pretentiously and often so
arrogantly referred to is the entirely human institution organized by a ..."
6. Outlines of Rhetoric: Embodied in Rules, Illustrative Examples, and by John Franklin Genung (1893)
"Procure, often used pretentiously where get would be better. ... Purchase,
sometimes used pretentiously when buy would be better. Put in an appearance, ..."
7. Outlines of Rhetoric: Embodied in Rules, Illustrative Examples, and by John Franklin Genung (1893)
"Procure, often used pretentiously where get would be better. ... Purchase,
sometimes used pretentiously when buy would be better. Put in an appearance, ..."
8. Outlines of Rhetoric: Embodied in Rules, Illustrative Examples, and a by John Franklin Genung (1893)
"Conclusion, sometimes used pretentiously where end would be better. Concrete,
not to be used as a verb ... Cortege, often used pretentiously for procession. ..."
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