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pompously

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Pompously he quoted, ‘Handsome is as handsome does,’ and Rose had no call to go against me.

Oh, yes, and anyone anywhere who has ever indignantly, pompously posed the question: Do you know who I am?

This is what the writers of serious books pompously call "the secret history of the whole matter."

She then pompously demanded a private audience with Sir Hugh, and the young party left the room.

I consider that the "gastronomic art," as it is pompously called, is ninety-nine per cent plain rubbish.

This affair was pompously announced in all the newspapers while I was nearly reduced to beggary.

This legacy so pompously announced seemed of less importance to the legatees than to the testator.

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On this page you'll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pompously, such as: arrogantly, boastfully, bombastically, conceitedly, disdainfully, and egotistically.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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