Vaingloriously
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a vainglorious manner.
"From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied."
Example
More examples"From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied."
Etymology
From vainglorious + -ly.