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Translations pretentiously adv say, describe → hochtrabend; decorated → pompös, protzig (inf) pretentiously [prɪˈtɛnʃəslɪ] adv → pretenziosamente pretentiously [prɪˈtɛnʃəslɪ] adv → pretenziosamente How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She knew what it was all meant to represent, but it was so pretentiously false and unnatural that she first felt ashamed for the actors and then amused at them. I think you will recollect," he added pretentiously, "when I tell you that it included a performance of the Fifth Symphony of Beethoven. The room had a blue wall-paper, and was well, almost pretentiously, furnished, with its round table, its divan, and its bronze clock under a glass shade. |
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