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preˈsumptuously, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a presumptuous manner; with presumption; with overweening self-confidence or forwardness.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. xii. 8 Þou woldest konne þat I can and carpen hit after. Presumptuowsly, the parauenture a-pose so manye, That [etc.]. 1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) ii. xliii. (1859) 49 Heretykes, and Scysmatikes presumptuously peruertyn hooly Scrypture. c1536M. Nisbet Tindale's Prol. to Romans in N.T. in Scots (S.T.S.) III. 338 They..ar blynde, and gangis to wryk presumptwslye. 1542Henry VIII Declar. Scots B iij, All these be ouer presumptuously done agaynste vs. 1622Rowlands Gd. Newes & Bad 5 Grosse ignorance presumptuously will prate Of serious matters that concerne a State. a1720Sheffield (Dk. Buckhm.) Wks. (1753) II. 136 Presumptuously to arrogate a Preheminence above all their Brethren. |