Don't talk so pretentiously!
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Pretentiously
/pɹɪˈtɛnʃəsliː/
Synonyms for "pretentiously" (21 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Adverb(5 words)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (10)
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More general
2 entriesadverb of mannermanner adverb
More specific
1 entriesjargon laden adverb
Collocations
6 entriesdress pretentiouslypresent pretentiouslysound pretentiouslyspeak pretentiouslytalk pretentiouslywrite pretentiously
Derivations
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy—[…]—distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its flavor.
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