Definition of Bombastically

1. Adverb. In a turgid manner. "He lectured bombastically about his theories"

Exact synonyms: Turgidly
Partainyms: Bombastic, Turgid

2. Adverb. In a grandiose manner. "The building was bombastically spacious"
Exact synonyms: Grandiosely
Partainyms: Grandiose

Definition of Bombastically

1. Adverb. In a bombastic manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bombastically

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bombastically

bombardman
bombardmen
bombardment
bombardments
bombardon
bombardons
bombards
bombasine
bombasines
bombast
bombasted
bombaster
bombasters
bombastic
bombastical
bombastically
bombastick
bombastry
bombasts
bombax
bombaxes
bombazed
bombazet
bombazets
bombazette
bombazettes
bombazine
bombazines
bombe
bombed

Literary usage of Bombastically

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"It was a singular state of affairs, as his biographer truly, if somewhat bombastically, points out. ' Those forces of Theodoric, which the whole East had ..."

2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... and puzzled future students by bombastically dubbing the friend ' Mr. WH,' who procured for him the unauthorised ' copy ' of the sonnets, ..."

3. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1895)
"... described, bombastically, the "rooster crowing on a dung-pile"; and again, Christian peoples of other denominational connections than his own were ..."

4. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages: Der Wendepunkt der Renaissance by Woldemar von Seidlitz, Ferdinand Gregorovius, Annie Hamilton (1903)
"... papae Romam vi cepit; Regino bombastically and ignorantly calls this an event unrivalled since the time of Brennus. ..."

5. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1899)
"bombastically and absurdly. But it is good to find a writer nowadays (whether it be profitable for himself is another question) who takes the trouble to ..."

6. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1898)
"They are sensationally and bombastically written, and such parts of them as are by Shakespeare are known to be his earliest work. ..."

7. The Mediaeval Mind: A History of the Development of Thought and Emotion in by Henry Osborn Taylor (1919)
"... speaks bombastically of his work, its excellence excuses him. His well-earned reputation as a jurist and scholar long endured. ..."

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