self-importantly

adverb

as in pompously

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-importantly
  1. pompously
  2. loftily
  3. arrogantly
  4. contemptuously
  5. boldly
  6. imperiously
  7. pretentiously
  8. proudly
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  • Texas is taking it to a new level, pompously trying to single-handedly keep Republican control of the House after the 2026 midterms.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2025
Definition of pompously
Adverb
  • The high-concept mission statement talks loftily of the Spice Route, yet, frankly, still feels underbaked.
    — John Kessler, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of loftily
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  • But among their best qualities, Dick Riordan was arrogantly confident, Jim Hahn had a steady hand on the tiller, Antonio Villaraigosa was tireless and passionate, Eric Garcetti was a long-range thinker on earthquakes, water and energy.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • But the majority in 2019 said federal courts aren’t competent to decide when gerrymandering goes too far, even when the culprits arrogantly boast about it, as some did in Tallahassee.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of arrogantly
Adverb
  • Hazel swung the lamp in her hand and looked contemptuously at Ginny, surrounded by the naturalists and the teachers, who whispered encouragement.
    — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Men sneered contemptuously at them, while teenagers used their names as insults.
    — Mikhail Zygar, Vanity Fair, 7 Jan. 2026
Definition of contemptuously
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  • Enter Flanagan, who boldly set out to reinvent Carrie for the 21st century.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Her account opens with an acute examination of the paradoxes of willing (an example of how boldly this memoir follows its philosophical interests).
    — James Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of boldly
Adverb
  • Timothy delighted in looking down imperiously at David, Peter and me.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Wilde is at her best when Erika is imperiously giving orders or expounding — in seriousness or mischief?
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 Jan. 2026
Definition of imperiously
Adverb
  • What can be said about the Kalimotxo that hasn’t been pretentiously asserted by an undergraduate who just learned about it?
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2025
Definition of pretentiously
Adverb
  • At weddings, brides proudly wear a heavy matrimonial collar, an accessory more often associated with the stockade, while grooms strap carrots to their crotches and waggle them at goats.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • High school student Bella Dubrovsky beamed proudly next to her tray of artfully frosted sugar cookies.
    — Laina Gustafson, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of proudly
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