presumptuously


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pre·sump·tu·ous

 (prĭ-zŭmp′cho͞o-əs)
adj.
Going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward: felt it was presumptuous of him to assume they had become friends.

[Middle English, from Old French presumptueux, from Late Latin praesūmptuōsus, variant of praesūmptiōsus, from praesūmptiō, presumption; see presumption.]

pre·sump′tu·ous·ly adv.
pre·sump′tu·ous·ness n.
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Adv.1.presumptuously - in a presumptuous manner; "he presumptuously overstepped the doctor's orders"
Translations

presumptuously

[prɪˈzʌmptjʊəslɪ] ADVcon atrevimiento, con osadía

presumptuously

adv I had assumed, somewhat presumptuously, that …es war vielleicht vermessen, aber ich hatte angenommen, dass …

presumptuously

[prɪˈzʌmptjʊəslɪ] advpresuntuosamente
References in classic literature ?
And woe to Boythorn or other daring wight who shall presumptuously contest an inch with him!
207-210) But these sons whom be begot himself great Heaven used to call Titans (Strainers) in reproach, for he said that they strained and did presumptuously a fearful deed, and that vengeance for it would come afterwards.
Philip's sense of the situation was too complete for him not to be visited with glancing fears lest he had been intervening too presumptuously in the action of Maggie's conscience, perhaps for a selfish end.
A risque welcome to BBC2's presumptuously named The Great Pottery Throw Down (why is it "great"?
Hamilton presumptuously places himself and the reader in a consensus by sharing the "unequivocal experience" marked by "inefficacy.
Recall that in the passage quoted above, Montaigne suggests that the comic prattlers are presumptuously assuming the role of God in thinking that they can know the causes.
However, more confident would-be suitors looking for the hand and bed of a good English lady can presumptuously pre-book an overnight pass which lets them stay out until the next morning.
Considering The Many Panics of 1837 as more a replacement for earlier studies than a supplement to them, she presumptuously declares that "for political or economic purposes, the panic in 1837 had vanished" from historical accounts until her "rediscovery of the history of panic itself.
To Invent as Presumptuously as Real Life: Parody and the Cultural Memory of Anne Frank in Roth's The Ghost Writer.
Wood's team-mates seemed convinced Gale edged shortly afterwards but his appeal was late and those of his colleagues half-hearted, perhaps presumptuously so.
What (partially) saved the night, however, was the Clash Of The Titans, five sports events between Team (John) Bishop and Team (Seb) Coe which Gabby Logan rather presumptuously introduced by saying: "We have some unforgettable television moments coming up.
81) Alternatively, the Solicitor General advanced a manslaughter theory, on grounds that Thompson "rashly and presumptuously administered to the deceased a deleterious medicine, which, in his hands, by reason of his gross ignorance, became a deadly poison.