Bumptiously

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a bumptious manner.

    "He bumptiously introduced himself and subsequently inferred himself as the topic of conversation."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a bumptious manner wordnet

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"He bumptiously introduced himself and subsequently inferred himself as the topic of conversation."

Etymology

From bumptious + -ly.

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