pretentiously

副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /pɹɪˈtɛnʃəsliː/|/pɹəˈtɛnʃəsliː/    美 /pɹɪˈtɛnʃəsliː/|/pɹiːˈtɛnʃəsliː/

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. In a manner with unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.
  2. Ostentatiously; in a manner intended to impress others.
    — 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.
  3. In a manner demanding of skill or daring.

词形变化

more pretentiously comparative most pretentiously superlative

词汇关系

相关词
pretentious pretentiousness

词源

Etymology tree
English pretentious
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English pretentiously
From pretentious + -ly.
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