vauntingly
English
Etymology
From
vaunting
+
-ly
.
Adverb
vauntingly
(
comparative
more
vauntingly
,
superlative
most
vauntingly
)
So as to
vaunt
; with
boastful
display.
1930
,
Norman Lindsay
,
Redheap
, Sydney, N.S.W.:
Ure Smith
,
→OCLC
, page
42
:
This riddle was quite beyond Mrs. Piper, Uncle Jobson laughed
vauntingly
.