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self-imˈportant, a.
[f. prec.]
Marked by self-importance; having an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance.
1775in Ash. 1783O'Keeffe Birth-Day 30 A little self-important court gadder. 1793Smeaton Edystone L. §281 Five of our best hands being grown self-important, demanded an increase of wages. 1842Manning Serm. iii. (1843) 39 The imposing comments of self-important people.
So self-imˈportantly adv.
1961in Webster. 1977T. Heald Just Desserts vi. 134 A police sergeant who arrived self-importantly. 1981London Rev. Bks. 19 Nov.–2 Dec. 7/1 Marilyn Butler..is importantly and not self-importantly a citizen of the world. |