Boastingly

//ˈbəʊstɪŋli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Boastfully.

    "I doe not thinke that any Spartane Citizen did boastingly glorifie himselfe for his valor, because it was a popular vertue in that Nation […]."

Example

More examples

"I doe not thinke that any Spartane Citizen did boastingly glorifie himselfe for his valor, because it was a popular vertue in that Nation […]."

Etymology

From boasting + -ly.

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