pompously
In overbearing manner
Pompously describes doing something in an excessively self-important or grandiose manner, as if one's words or actions deserve more reverence than they merit: He pompously announced his minor promotion as if he'd been named CEO.
The word suggests inflated dignity and a lack of self-awareness about how pretentious one appears to others.
With exaggerated sense of significance
- haughtilyWith disdainful superiority
- superciliouslyActing superior to others
- imperiouslyIn overbearing manner
- overbearinglyIn an oppressively forceful way
smugly · presumptuously · disdainfully · contemptuously · snobbishly · loftily · condescendingly · patronizingly
In pretentiously inflated style
- pretentiouslyWith exaggerated importance
- grandioselyIn pretentiously magnificent fashion
- floridlyWith excessive ornamentation
- rhetoricallyIn persuasive speaking style
oratorically · verbosely · wordily · long-windedly · windily · portentously · sonorously · expansively
In flamboyant manner
- flamboyantlyIn an ostentatious manner
- flashilyIn showy manner
- garishlyIn tastelessly showy manner
- gaudilyShowily, tastelessly bright
extravagantly · lavishly · splashily · loudly · theatrically · ceremoniously · formally · stiffly
self-importantly
With exaggerated sense of significance
- haughtilyWith disdainful superiority
- superciliouslyActing superior to others
- imperiouslyIn overbearing manner
overbearingly · smugly · presumptuously · disdainfully · contemptuously · snobbishly · loftily · condescendingly · patronizingly · high-handedly
bombastically
In pretentiously inflated style
- pretentiouslyWith exaggerated importance
- grandioselyIn pretentiously magnificent fashion
- floridlyWith excessive ornamentation
rhetorically · oratorically · verbosely · wordily · long-windedly · windily · portentously · sonorously · expansively · elaborately
showily
In flamboyant manner
- flamboyantlyIn an ostentatious manner
- flashilyIn showy manner
- garishlyIn tastelessly showy manner
gaudily · extravagantly · lavishly · splashily · loudly · theatrically · ceremoniously · formally · stiffly · stuffily
- arrogant adverbshaughtily, smugly, condescendingly, disdainfully, superciliously
pompouslyhumbly
Without pride or arrogance
modestly · meekly · self-effacingly · unassumingly · unpretentiously
pompouslysimply
In plain terms
plainly · quietly · unpretentiously · matter-of-factly · straightforwardly