What does pompously mean?
Pompously means In a pompous manner..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a pompous manner..
When he went home on leave he rioted on a large scale - pompously.
That young man could offer little information, however. The sky, he explained pompously, was a great mystery that only an adept might communicate to another. He meant that he didn't know about it, Dave gathered.
'I could cite good reasons both for and against such a course of action,' he began pompously.
Use pompously when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pompously means In a pompous manner..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
When he went home on leave he rioted on a large scale - pompously.
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