Sentence example with the word 'pretentiously'

pretentiously

Definition adv. in a pretentious manner

Last update: September 23, 2015


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The Gothic Society eventually included certain younger men than these - Arvid August Afzelius (1785-1871), the first editor of the Swedish folk-songs; Gustaf Vilhelm Gumaelius (1789-1877), who has been somewhat pretentiously styled " The Swedish Walter Scott," author of the historical novel of Tord Bonde; Baron Bernhard von Beskow (q.v.; 1796-1868), lyrist and dramatist; and Karl August Nicander (1799-1839), a lyric poet who approached the Phosphorists in manner.   [Please select]

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They have no saloon on deck, though a couple of small apartments, abaft the paddle-boxes, are pretentiously called "pavilions."   [Please select]

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Some were frankly vulgar, some were pretentiously genteel, a good many were young men of gentle birth from the public schools and universities.   [Please select]

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