| 单词 | pompously |
| 释义 | pompously (once / 8101 pages) adv WORD FAMILY pompous: pomposity, pompously, pompousness, unpompous+/pomp: pompous, pomps/pomposity: pomposities USAGE EXAMPLESA man so pompously proud as Trump losing an election to, of all people, Hillary Clinton, demands some fictional alibi to mask his wounded vanity. New York Times(Oct 16, 2016) Thomas Hardy uses it in Far From the Madding Crowd to mean "proudly, haughtily, pompously," McPherson adds. BBC(Sep 27, 2016) The characters may seem variously neurotic, narcissistic and pompously intellectual as they struggle to connect, get ahead or just get by. New York Times(Sep 18, 2016) adv in a pompous manner he pompously described his achievements |
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