pompously

English

Etymology

pompous +‎ -ly

Adverb

pompously (comparative more pompously, superlative most pompously)

1. In a pompous manner.
   • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 211:

     When he went home on leave he rioted on a large scale - pompously.

   • 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 85:

     'I could cite good reasons both for and against such a course of action,' he began pompously.

Translations

in a pompous manner

• Catalan: pomposament (ca)
• Finnish: mahtipontisesti (fi)
• French: pompeusement (fr)
• Galician: pomposamente (gl)
• Italian: pomposamente (it)
• Portuguese: pomposamente
• Spanish: pomposamente (es)
• Swedish: pompöst (sv)