释义 |
preˈtentiously, adv. [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a pretentious manner.
1864in Webster. 1880Mrs. Whitney Odd or Even? xiv, While she, really, not pretentiously, threaded in her mind the possible moves. 1882A. W. Ward Dickens iii. 64 Even in his newspaper letters..his impressions are never given pretentiously. |