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grandiloquently

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gran·dil·o·quence  (grn-dl-kwns)
n.
Pompous or bombastic speech or expression.
[From grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus : grandis, great + loqu, to speak; see tolkw- in Indo-European roots.]
gran·dilo·quent adj.
gran·dilo·quent·ly adv.
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Adv.1.grandiloquently - in a rhetorically grandiloquent manner; "the orator spoke magniloquently"
magniloquently
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grandiloquently [grænˈdɪləkwəntlɪ] ADV → con grandilocuencia, con altisonancia
grandiloquently
adv speak → hochtrabend; announce → großspurig; expressed, phrased, described → hochtrabend, grandios


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