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What does pretentiously mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word pretentiously? Here's what it means.

Adverb
  1. In a manner with unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.
  2. Ostentatiously; in a manner intended to impress others.
  3. In a manner demanding of skill or daring.
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Mercifully, the official exhibition was not gerrymandered into national sections or pretentiously titled thematic subdivisions.
I particularly liked affecting a Gallic air and posing pretentiously with them in the library.
Speaking this and that pretentiously, walking all the while criss-across till the bell rang.
The pretentiously named Bones was taller and skinnier, and he always carried brass knuckles in his pocket.
Mr. Speaker, it is my belief that if the Good Lord did not want us to behave pretentiously, She would not have made me so pretentious.
The layman is surprised by the result, and the expert can pretentiously explain that the spread in the population is already relatively large.

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