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Pretentiously meaning

  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.

Synonyms of Pretentiously

unpretentiously

Using Pretentiously

  • The main meaning on this page is: In a manner with unwarranted claim to importance or distinction. | Ostentatiously; in a manner intended to impress others. | In a manner demanding of skill or daring.
  • Useful related words include: unpretentiously.

Context around Pretentiously

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 16.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

jesse 1× less 1×

Often after:

pokes 1× fake 1×

Sentence patterns with Pretentiously

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

become less pretentiously fake and 1× when jesse pretentiously pokes holes 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

my work has 1× they don t 1×

Common sentence endings:

over the top 1× reader they encounter 1×

Words around Pretentiously

Just before it in the word index:

pretentious 85 pretention 3 pretensions 39 pretensioners 3 pretensioner 3 pretension 13

Just after it in the word index:

pretentiousness 11 preterism 8 preterist 4 preterists 7 preterite 5 preterm 46

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadu 4 aafmaa 4

Corpus analysis for Pretentiously

  • In this selection, "pretentiously" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 16.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, jesse, less, pokes and fake stand out and add context to how "pretentiously" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include become less pretentiously fake and and when jesse pretentiously pokes holes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "pretentiously" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with pretentiously

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

My work has become less pretentiously fake and over the top". (11 words)

They don’t always get along, as when Jesse pretentiously pokes holes in Céline’s romanticization of a palm reader they encounter. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

They don’t always get along, as when Jesse pretentiously pokes holes in Céline’s romanticization of a palm reader they encounter. (22 words)

My work has become less pretentiously fake and over the top". (11 words)

Example sentences (2)

They don’t always get along, as when Jesse pretentiously pokes holes in Céline’s romanticization of a palm reader they encounter.

My work has become less pretentiously fake and over the top".

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "pretentiously" in a sentence?
An example: "They don’t always get along, as when Jesse pretentiously pokes holes in Céline’s romanticization of a palm reader they encounter." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "pretentiously" from authentic English texts.
What does "pretentiously" mean?
Pretentiously means: In a manner with unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.
What are synonyms of "pretentiously"?
Common synonyms of "pretentiously" include: unpretentiously.
How many example sentences with "pretentiously" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "pretentiously", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.