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vaingloriously
adverb
formaldisapprovinguk /ˌveɪnˈɡlɔː.ri.əs.li/ us /ˌveɪnˈɡlɔːr.i.əs.li/
in a way that shows someone is too proud of their own abilities or achievements:
He vaingloriously predicted that his death would spark a revolution.
The book describes itself, a bit vaingloriously, as an essential reference guide.
He vaingloriously likened their professional relationship to Michelangelo's with his patron Lorenzo il Magnifico.
The story was vaingloriously proclaimed as a scoop in Sunday's news bulletins.
She insists vaingloriously that she has now moved on spiritually in her life.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Showing arrogance and conceit
(as) proud as Luciferidiom
airs and gracesidiom
arrogant
arrogantly
as if you owned the placeidiom
egoistic
egoistically
egomaniacal
egomaniacally
egotistic
patronizing
patronizingly
pomposity
pompous
pompously
swaggerer
swollen head
swollen-headed
talk down to someone
think the (whole) world revolves around youidiom
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