boast
verb (used without object)
to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.
boastingly
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a word derived from
boast.
Example Sentences
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It is boastingly claimed in behalf of the Government of the United States that it is "of the people, by the people, and for the people."
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Drink not too much or speak boastingly of it; make it not a refrain, but drink a little from time to time in quietude.
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam
I am learning to understand her; though, believe me, I don't speak boastingly.
From The Siege of the Seven Suitors by Meredith Nicholson
Her sulky mouth lost its droop as she went on to describe boastingly the glories of that particular reception.
From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Pauline Lester
Shoemakers’ wives and bakers’ daughters are people of whose acquaintance nobody ever speaks boastingly.
From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 by Lewis Gaylord Clark
