ˈboastingly
[f. boasting ppl. a. + -ly2.]
In a boasting or bragging manner, boastfully.
| 1552 Huloet, Boastynglye, gloriose. 1561 Norton Calvin's Inst. Pref. [They] doo boastyngly sett oute to sale their owne woorke. 1785 Burke Sp. Nab. Arcot's Debts Wks. IV. 272 He boastingly tells you, that he has seen, read, digested, compared every thing. 1862 Trollope N. Amer. I. 73, I do not say this boastingly or with pride. |