boastingly

English

Etymology

From boasting +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊstɪŋli/

Adverb

boastingly (comparative more boastingly, superlative most boastingly)

Boastfully.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
  , II.7:
  I doe not thinke that any Spartane Citizen did boastingly glorifie himselfe for his valor, because it was a popular vertue in that Nation […].

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