preˈsumptuously, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a presumptuous manner; with presumption; with overweening self-confidence or forwardness.
| 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. xii. 8 Þou woldest konne þat I can and carpen hit after. Presumptuowsly, the parauenture a-pose so manye, That [etc.]. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) ii. xliii. (1859) 49 Heretykes, and Scysmatikes presumptuously peruertyn hooly Scrypture. c 1536 M. Nisbet Tindale's Prol. to Romans in N.T. in Scots (S.T.S.) III. 338 They..ar blynde, and gangis to wryk presumptwslye. 1542 Henry VIII Declar. Scots B iij, All these be ouer presumptuously done agaynste vs. 1622 Rowlands Gd. Newes & Bad 5 Grosse ignorance presumptuously will prate Of serious matters that concerne a State. a 1720 Sheffield (Dk. Buckhm.) Wks. (1753) II. 136 Presumptuously to arrogate a Preheminence above all their Brethren. |