pompously in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for pompously in the English»Italian Dictionary

pompously [Brit ˈpɒmpəsli, Am ˈpɑmpəsli] ADV

pompously speak

con tono pomposo

pompously behave

in maniera pomposa

Translations for pompously in the Italian»English Dictionary

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ampollosamente

pompously

pomposamente parlare, esprimersi

pompously

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Not only was it difficult to decipher, but sentences, even paragraphs, that could have been summed up with a few words were expounded upon pompously for pages.

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Proof in point: the pompously mannered sentence following this footnote.

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Poisonous politicians are carnally cantankerous, critically incorrect, increasingly indecorous, deeply dishonest, highly hypocritical, pompously prideful, morally bankrupt, insignificantly productive, uncivilized, self-centred, and wicked!

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The album is all so very pompously glossy, with all kinds of poetry about school, friendship and mutual understanding, with pages separated by parchment paper.

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Junior critics have pompously opined on its deplorable humanism and provincialism in contrast with those thrilling avant-gardists sur le continong.

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The store says pompously that its focus groups declare that separate floors for boys' and girls' toys were unpopular with customers.

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And the trouble is, brief authority often concerns itself pompously with the most trivial of causes.

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She indicated an artificial closure by declaring pompously that now the nation can move on.

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There were also attitudes -- or what might be called, more pompously, the philosophy of the paper.

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And, instead of coldly shutting us down or pompously pulling rank or angrily flaring up, he has listened.

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