pretentiously in English

adverb

[prɪ'tenʃəslɪ]

in the manner of putting on a false appearance; arrogantly, haughtily, in a snobbish manne

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1. This author writes pretentiously.

2. Arty definition is - showily or pretentiously artistic

3. He criticized them for dressing outrageously and posing pretentiously.

4. Particularly, the case of Financai Management is rendered pretentiously.

5. Blague: [intransitive verb] to talk pretentiously and usually inaccurately : lie boastfully.

6. To stop acting or speaking foolishly or pretentiously. Often used in the imperative.

7. Antonyms for Artlessly include affectedly, artificially, hypocritically, insincerely, pretentiously, unnaturally, dishonestly, guilefully, untruthfully and

8. The term describes a pretentiously showy or impressive facade to draw attention away from dirty conditions.

9. Synonyms for Arrogantly include haughtily, insolently, loftily, superciliously, with one's nose in the air, boastfully, egotistically, conceitedly, proudly and pretentiously

10. They keep trying to sanitize the event and give it pretentiously serious overtones when all the children want to do is party.

11. The lion still unevenly divided the meat into 11 shares, but selected and took away two ones, and then pretentiously spoke to the wolves, "You yourselves discuss how to allocate these pieces of meat."