braggingly,adv.|ˈbrægɪŋlɪ| [f.prec. + -ly2.] In a bragging manner; boastfully, ostentatiously. 1540Coverdale Fruitf. Less. v. Wks. I. 398 Not lordly and braggingly.1656Trapp Comm. Luke xviii. 12 He braggingly made a gift of that which he was bound to pay.