Translations for „pretentiously“ in the English » Arabic Dictionary

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pretentiously

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English

I constantly describe my comedy, rather pretentiously, as being like a magic trick; there's a long build-up towards the final reveal.

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If truth be told, the pretentiously written menu confounded me on every visit.

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It is pretty on the plate: artistic, but not pretentiously so, and generous in serving size.

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They are often mocked in popular culture for thinking too much, being quixotic, or coming across as pretentiously averse to happiness and fun.

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If someone is pretentiously preoccupied with that latest dried meat, let's not reward them with an adorable label.

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They pretentiously told us that they were trying to drive their revenue, so we can allow them erect the gate.

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This is a guy pretentiously snubbing his audience.

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The lesson to learn from this experience is that of mutual understanding without pretentiously sweeping anything under the carpet.

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Ruthless, smart but pretentiously wrongheaded, she's the kind of culture vulture we haven't seen before.

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Abstract painting at once invites the most concise and most pretentiously long-winded commentary -- depending on whether one sees nothing or everything in the canvases.

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