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.
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a word derived from
presumptuous.
Example Sentences
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Set to be released Nov. 11 by Universal Pictures, “The Fabelmans” is already being hailed by many, maybe a bit presumptuously, as Spielberg’s most personal film — his “Fanny and Alexander,” his “Amarcord.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 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
Lord knows how many spotted-owl habitats were pulped for the sake of lord-knows-how-many presumptuously empathic, tender, longform portraits of the white working class.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2016
It is a presumptuous question, and if answered at all is answered presumptuously.
From Is The Young Man Absalom Safe? A Sermon Preached in The Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Stoke Bishop, on Sunday, July 19th, 1885 by David Wright
