He came in pompously, not knowing that everyone would ridicule him.
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Pompously
Synonyms for "pompously" (1 found)
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Translations
10 translations across 10 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- pomposament adv (in a pompous manner)
Finnish
1 entries- mahtipontisesti adv (in a pompous manner)
French
1 entries- pompeusement adv (in a pompous manner)
Galician
1 entries- pomposamente adv (in a pompous manner)
Italian
1 entries- pomposamente adv (in a pompous manner)
Polish
1 entries- pompatycznie adv (in a pompous manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- pomposamente adv (in a pompous manner)
Russian
1 entries- напы́щенно adv (in a pompous manner)
Spanish
1 entries- pomposamente adv (in a pompous manner)
Swedish
1 entries- pompöst adv (in a pompous manner)
Sample 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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