grandiosely
In exaggerated splendor
In a grandiose manner—with exaggerated importance, ambition, or showiness.
The word usually carries a mocking tone, suggesting pretension rather than genuine greatness: He grandiosely announced his plans to revolutionize the industry.
Someone speaking grandiosely inflates their language beyond what the situation warrants.
Pretentiously elevated in speech
- magniloquentUsing pompous, elevated rhetoric
- pompouslyWith showy self-importance
- pretentiouslyWith exaggerated importance
- orotundBombastically resonant in speech
turgid · declamatory · highfalutin · overblown · florid · inflated · verbose · periphrastic
With excessive generosity
- opulentlyIn luxurious manner
- sumptuouslyWith costly magnificence
- luxuriouslyIn an indulgent manner
- ornatelyWith lavish decoration
resplendently · magnificently · splendidly · palatially · regally · majestically · imperially · richly
With exaggerated importance
- self-importantlyWith exaggerated sense of significance
- haughtilyWith disdainful superiority
- arrogantlyWith excessive pride
- superciliouslyActing superior to others
condescendingly · imperiously · snobbishly · patronizingly · loftily · vainly · egotistically · smugly
In a striking manner
- flamboyantlyIn an ostentatious manner
- melodramaticallyWith exaggerated emotional display
- histrionicallyWith excessive dramatic flair
- stagilyIn theatrical manner
performatively · showily · affectedly · exaggeratedly · over-the-top · expressively · demonstratively · effusively
grandiloquent
Pretentiously elevated in speech
- magniloquentUsing pompous, elevated rhetoric
- pompouslyWith showy self-importance
- pretentiouslyWith exaggerated importance
orotund · turgid · declamatory · highfalutin · overblown · florid · inflated · verbose · periphrastic · sesquipedalian
lavishly
With excessive generosity
- opulentlyIn luxurious manner
- sumptuouslyWith costly magnificence
- luxuriouslyIn an indulgent manner
ornately · resplendently · magnificently · splendidly · palatially · regally · majestically · imperially · richly · elaborately
pretentiously
With exaggerated importance
- self-importantlyWith exaggerated sense of significance
- haughtilyWith disdainful superiority
- arrogantlyWith excessive pride
superciliously · condescendingly · imperiously · snobbishly · patronizingly · loftily · vainly · egotistically · smugly · presumptuously
dramatically
In a striking manner
- flamboyantlyIn an ostentatious manner
- melodramaticallyWith exaggerated emotional display
- histrionicallyWith excessive dramatic flair
stagily · performatively · showily · affectedly · exaggeratedly · over-the-top · expressively · demonstratively · effusively · emotively
- arrogant adverbshaughtily, smugly, pompously, condescendingly, disdainfully
grandioselymodestly
In humble manner
simply · humbly · unpretentiously · plainly · unassumingly
grandioselyhumbly
Without pride or arrogance
modestly · unpretentiously · self-effacingly · unassumingly · meekly
grandioselyinexpensively
At low cost
cheaply · frugally · sparingly · economically · thriftily
- grandiose delusionsUnfounded beliefs of superiority