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grandiloquently — grandiloquent ► ADJECTIVE ▪ pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner. DERIVATIVES grandiloquence noun grandiloquently adverb. ORIGIN Latin grandiloquus grand speaking … English terms dictionary
grandiloquently — adverb see grandiloquence … New Collegiate Dictionary
grandiloquently — adverb showing grandiloquence … Wiktionary
grandiloquently — adv. in a flowery manner, in a pompous fashion (of speech or writing) … English contemporary dictionary
grandiloquently — gran·dil·o·quent·ly … English syllables
grandiloquently — adverb in a rhetorically grandiloquent manner the orator spoke magniloquently • Syn: ↑magniloquently • Derived from adjective: ↑magniloquent (for: ↑magniloquently), ↑grandiloquent … Useful english dictionary
grandiloquent — grandiloquently, adv. /gran dil euh kweuhnt/, adj. speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic. [1585 95; GRANDILOQU(ENCE) + ENT] Syn. turgid, inflated, rhetorical, pretentious. Ant. simple, sincere. * … Universalium
magniloquently — adverb in a rhetorically grandiloquent manner the orator spoke magniloquently • Syn: ↑grandiloquently • Derived from adjective: ↑magniloquent, ↑grandiloquent (for: ↑grandiloquently) * * * … Useful english dictionary
grandiloquence — noun Etymology: probably from Middle French, from Latin grandiloquus using lofty language, from grandis + loqui to speak Date: 1589 a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language •… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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