ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Vaingloriously

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Vaingloriously is an adverb meaning In a vainglorious manner.

Meaning

In a vainglorious manner.

Example Sentences

From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gloatingly, boastfully, gloatily, vauntingly, flauntingly, ingloriously.

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