narcissistically
In vain self-admiration
In a manner showing excessive self-admiration or preoccupation with oneself.
Someone who behaves narcissistically treats their own needs, appearance, or achievements as more important than others': He narcissistically steered every conversation back to himself.
The word suggests not just vanity but a fundamental inability to see beyond one's own reflection.
With exaggerated sense of significance
- conceitedlyWith excessive self-admiration
- boastfullyWith arrogant self-promotion
- smuglyWith excessive self-satisfaction
- pompouslyWith showy self-importance
immodestly · egotistically · presumptuously · grandiosely · complacently
Without achieving purpose
- primpingFussing over appearance
- groomingSelf-care for appearance
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
- posingAssuming an attitude
swaggeringly · showily · ostentatiously · flamboyantly · dramatically · theatrically
With disdainful superiority
- condescendinglyWith arrogant superiority
- superciliouslyActing superior to others
- disdainfullyWith arrogant dismissal
- imperiouslyIn overbearing manner
patronizingly · contemptuously · snobbishly · loftily · overbearingly · high-handedly · domineeringly · dismissively
In a taking-advantage manner
- manipulativelyIn a scheming manner
- charminglyIn an appealing manner
- seductivelyIn an alluring manner
- calculatinglyWith deliberate scheming intent
deceptively · coercively · demandingly · callously · cunningly · scheming
self-importantly
With exaggerated sense of significance
- conceitedlyWith excessive self-admiration
- boastfullyWith arrogant self-promotion
- smuglyWith excessive self-satisfaction
pompously · immodestly · egotistically · presumptuously · grandiosely · complacently
vainly
Without achieving purpose
- primpingFussing over appearance
- groomingSelf-care for appearance
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
posing · swaggeringly · showily · ostentatiously · flamboyantly · dramatically · theatrically
haughtily
With disdainful superiority
- condescendinglyWith arrogant superiority
- superciliouslyActing superior to others
- disdainfullyWith arrogant dismissal
imperiously · patronizingly · contemptuously · snobbishly · loftily · overbearingly · high-handedly · domineeringly · dismissively · derisively
exploitatively
In a taking-advantage manner
- manipulativelyIn a scheming manner
- charminglyIn an appealing manner
- seductivelyIn an alluring manner
calculatingly · deceptively · coercively · demandingly · callously · cunningly · scheming
narcissisticallyselflessly
Without personal gain motive
unselfishly · altruistically · self-sacrificingly · generously · charitably
narcissisticallyhumbly
Without pride or arrogance
modestly · unpretentiously · self-deprecatingly · unassumingly · self-effacingly