Meanings
adverbvauntingly (comparative more vauntingly, superlative most vauntingly)
comparative more vauntingly · superlative most vauntingly
- So as to vaunt; with boastful display.
This riddle was quite beyond Mrs. Piper, Uncle Jobson laughed vauntingly.
1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 421 more example
Beshrew the sombre pencil! said I, vauntingly—for I envy not its powers, which paints the evils of life with so hard and deadly a colouring.
1768, Mr. Yorick [pseudonym; Laurence Sterne], A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, volume I, London: […] T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a boastful manner
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