vauntingly
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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
- in a boastful manner
- he talked big all evening