Definition

Adverb: - In a boastful or bragging manner; with excessive pride and self-praise.

Usage

The adverb "vauntingly" is used to describe how an action, typically speaking, is performed. It modifies verbs to indicate that the action is done with boastfulness. - It most commonly modifies verbs related to speech or declaration, such as "talk," "speak," "declare," or "proclaim." - It describes a manner that is ostentatious and intended to impress others with one's own achievements, abilities, or possessions.

Examples

• He spoke vauntingly about his business success, leaving his listeners unimpressed.
• The general addressed his troops vauntingly, recounting past victories.
• She declared vauntingly that her solution was the only correct one.

Advanced Usage

• Literary/Formal Context: "Vauntingly" is a formal and somewhat literary word. It is more likely to be found in written narratives, historical accounts, or formal critiques than in everyday conversation.
  • The chronicler wrote that the king vauntingly claimed the lands as his divine right.

Variants and Related Words

• Vaunt (verb): To boast or brag about something.
  • He would often vaunt his family's wealth.
• Vaunter (noun): A person who boasts.
  • He was known as a great vaunter.
• Vauntful (adjective): Given to or characterized by boasting. (Archaic/rare)
  • His vauntful speeches were tiresome.

Synonyms

• Boastfully
• Braggingly
• Swaggeringly
• Proudly (in a conceited sense)
• Bigheadedly (informal)

Antonyms

• Modestly
• Humbly
• Unassumingly
• Meekly

Notes

• The core of "vauntingly" is the verb vaunt, which comes from Old French , meaning 'to boast', itself from Latin , a frequentative of 'to utter empty words', from 'empty, vain'.
• While "boastfully" is a more common synonym, "vauntingly" carries a slightly more formal and archaic tone, often implying empty or vain boasting.

Adverb

1. in a boastful manner
   • he talked big all evening