He came in pompously, not knowing that everyone would ridicule him.
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Pompously
Synonyms for "pompously" (19 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Adverb(4 words)
Strong matches (6)
Adverb(5 words)
Related words (9)
Related word relations
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More general
1 entriesadverb of manner
More specific
4 entriesCollocations
6 entriespompous mannerpompous prosepompous rhetoricpompous speechpompous stylepompous tone
Inflections
2 entriesmore pompouslymost pompously
Derivations
2 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
When he went home on leave he rioted on a large scale - pompously.
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That young man could offer little information, however. The sky, he explained pompously, was a great mystery that only an adept might communicate to another. He meant that he didn't know about it, Dave gathered.
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'I could cite good reasons both for and against such a course of action,' he began pompously.
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