pompously

• Adverbe décrivant une manière d'agir ou de parler avec un sentiment exagéré de sa propre importance, de manière emphatique ou ostentatoire, souvent avec une dignité affectée.

An adverb describing the manner of acting or speaking in a self-important, grand, or ostentatious way, often with an exaggerated sense of dignity.

1. In a self-important mannerB2formal

   Acting or speaking in a way that shows excessive self-importance or arrogance.

   de manière pompeuse

   • He pompously declared himself the best candidate for the job.
   • She pompously corrected everyone's grammar during the meeting.
   • The professor pompously lectured the class on his own achievements.

   Synonymesaffectedlyarrogantlyconceitedlygrandioselyhaughtilyoverbearinglypretentiouslysmuglysuperciliouslyvainly

   Antonymeshumblymeeklymodestlyunassumingly