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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pretentious \Pre*ten"tious\, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]tentieux. See
{Pretend}.]
Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is
one's; presuming; assuming. -- {Pre*ten"tious*ly}, adv --
{Pre*ten"tious*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
pretentiously
adv : in a pretentious manner; "this author writes pretentiously"
[ant: {unpretentiously}]
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