bombastically
- adverb
- /bɑmˈbæstɪkli/
:
de manera pomposa
- I haven't found a good version of the carol; all the ones I found are sung too slowly and are too bombastically Christmas-y, endlessly sweetened and kitschy, but there is a reason why I liked it so much.
Examples
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The politician spoke bombastically, promising dramatic changes that stirred up the crowd's enthusiasm.
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A huge, like, bombastically huge hit this month was Ellie Goulding's new album, Certain new album.
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But I am ready to concede that my own life, if I put it bombastically, has rarely been marked by well-formed ideas or great accomplishments, but rather by landscapes, pictures, and staging...
Fiction book (2002) -
The actor is back with a vengeance in a story that not only gives the talented thespian something emotionally charged to work with, but also a series of action stunts that will surely go down in the Bond canon as some of its most tense, effectively original, and bombastically brilliant.
Blog text (1) -
During the debate, he presented his ideas bombastically, using grand gestures and emotive language to impress the audience.
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Her bombastically delivered speech filled with exaggerated claims left many listeners feeling skeptical.
Synonyms
3
7.9
To act in a way that attracts attention and impresses people
1
7.7
In a proud, showy way to seem more important than others
1
7.6
In a way that tries to seem more important or special than it is
1
8.5
In a showy, exaggerated way to impress people
In a way that uses very fancy words to sound important
To speak or write in a showy, formal way using fancy words
In a long, fancy way that sounds too important when speaking or writing
In a self-important, bossy way as if always right
Antonyms
How Pompous
- Literature
2
6.0
- Formal
149
3.7
2
1.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bombastically comes from bombast, an old word for cotton or 'stuffing' that tailors used to make clothes look big and full. So to speak bombastically is like covering your words with soft 'stuffing', using fancy, overblown language that makes things sound bigger than they really are.