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In a manner with unwarranted claim to importance or distinction. / Ostentatiously; in a manner intended to impress others. / In a manner demanding of skill or daring.

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pretentiously

IPA(Pronunciation)

/pɹɪˈtɛnʃəsliː/

Adverb

In a manner with unwarranted claim to importance or distinction. / Ostentatiously; in a manner intended to impress others. / In a manner demanding of skill or daring.

Japanese Meaning

根拠のない重要性や卓越性を主張する様子 / 他人に印象を与えるために誇示的に振る舞う様子 / 技量や胆力を求められるような、チャレンジングな方法で行動する様子

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She spoke pretentiously about the gallery's collection, as if she were an art historian.

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彼女はまるで美術史家であるかのように、画廊のコレクションについて気取って話した。

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Sense（1）

In a manner with unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.

Sense（2）

Ostentatiously; in a manner intended to impress others.

Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy […] distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.

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Sense（3）

In a manner demanding of skill or daring.

more pretentiously

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most pretentiously

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