magniloquently
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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And even as he speaks so magniloquently, he’s slumped on the floor in a defeated heap, having forgotten his work.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2012
Known magniloquently as the English Riviera, Torbay would like to think it's in southern California.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 1, 2011
"We want you to come out with us," was their cry; and Betty added magniloquently, "We'll be most awful good if you'll come too."
From Capricious Caroline by Effie Adelaide Rowlands
They returned to their hearths, and there talked magniloquently of the tented fields which they had traversed, the savage hordes which they had encountered, and the dangers they had escaped.
From Pius IX. And His Time by Æneas MacDonell Dawson
"I reserve to myself the satisfaction of cutting him dead the next opportunity," he added magniloquently.
From Magnum Bonum by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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