boastingly

Meanings

• adverb

  expressing excessive pride and self-satisfaction

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Variants

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boast , boasted , boaster , boasters , boasting , boasts

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Etymology

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from boast + -ingly

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Trivia

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1. The word 'boast' comes from the Old English word 'bostian', which means 'to make a noise or clamor'.

2. Boastingly is an adverb, but it can also be used as a noun to refer to the act of boasting or bragging.

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Related Concepts

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1. pride: Boastingly is related to the emotion and feeling of pride. It is an expression of excessive pride and self-satisfaction.

2. bragging: Boastingly is a form of bragging, where one expresses excessive pride and self-satisfaction.

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Culture

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Boastingly is often used in a negative context to describe someone who is bragging or showing off excessively. It can be found in various literary works, such as Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing' and Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice'. In music, the term is used in songs like 'Boastingly Yours' by Stevie Wonder.

How to Memorize "boastingly"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize someone boasting about their accomplishments or possessions with an exaggerated sense of pride.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'boastingly' with the image of a peacock spreading its feathers.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Big Boats Need Big Oars' to remember the spelling and meaning of 'boastingly'.

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