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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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