presumptuous
adjective
full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
presumptuously
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a word derived from
presumptuous.
Example Sentences
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We boycott restaurants that automatically add a 20% gratuity and presumptuously suggest we tip still more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
What he returned, somewhat presumptuously, was a totally remixed, reworked version.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2022
The painting in question is quite presumptuously entitled “The Visionary.”
From Salon ● May 7, 2017
Similarly, what’s disheartening about familiar methods employed in familiar ways is the sense of routine, the overconfidence that arises from directors doing what they seem, presumptuously, to know how to do.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 10, 2017
Rabbi Johanan, son of Beroka, said, “whosoever profanes God's name in secret will be punished publicly, whether it be done ignorantly or presumptuously, it is all one in the profanation of God's name.”
From Hebrew Literature by Epiphanius Wilson
