boastinglyadv.
In a boasting or bragging manner, boastfully.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [adverb]
braga1375
boastfullyc1430
jettingly1440
flourishingly?1545
boastingly1552
bragginglya1569
thrasonically1591
vauntingly1593
braggadocio-like1600
vapouringly1653
bouncinglya1677
vauntful1814
braggart-like1826
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Boastynglye, gloriose.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. Pref. [They] doo boastyngly sett oute to sale their owne woorke.
1785 E. Burke Speech Nabob Arcot's Debts in Wks. (1815) IV. 272 He boastingly tells you, that he has seen, read, digested, compared every thing.
1862 A. Trollope N. Amer. I. 73 I do not say this boastingly or with pride.
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