Pretentiously

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pretentious \Pre*ten"tious\, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]tentieux. See
     {Pretend}.]
     Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is
     one's; presuming; assuming. -- {Pre*ten"tious*ly}, adv. --
     {Pre*ten"tious*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pretentiously
       adv : in a pretentious manner; "this author writes pretentiously"
             [ant: {unpretentiously}]