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Meanings of pomposity in anglès

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Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity.

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      Usage of pomposity in anglès
      1
      Hugh was very angry and a little absurd in his youthful pomposity.
      The Plastic Age
      2
      At this the French agent draws his figure up with much pomposity.
      Miss Caprice
      3
      There is a curious pomposity about him, too, which grates upon me.
      Thyrza
      4
      Certainly not the time for unkind mention of his slight pomposity.
      The Irish Times
      5
      The gentleman took it seriously, and it has given his strut additional pomposity.
      Political Recollections / 1840 to 1872
      6
      The inn-keeper at Valence amused us much by his empty pomposity.
      Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Province...
      7
      He took refuge, as he always did when he was confused, in pomposity.
      The Cathedral: A Novel
      8
      This deceptive title, not unpredictably, reeks of bourgeois pretentiousness and pomposity.
      The Irish Times
      9
      Without an atom of pomposity or air rectorial, he settled himself to listen.
      Paul Faber, Surgeon
      10
      Inevitably his pomposity and smirking appearance making the announcement means few will believe him.
      Radio NZ
      11
      His dignity had a bare suspicion of pomposity in it.
      Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
      12
      And ask it what it thinks of you-ofyour patronage and pomposity and conceit.
      The Cathedral: A Novel
      13
      He had just an individualizing amount of the pomposity characteristic of many old-time actors.
      Tales from Bohemia
      14
      Any kind of pomposity was held up to endless ridicule.
      The Guardian
      15
      But the internet is peculiarly adapted to deftly pricking pomposity.
      The Guardian
      16
      An excited crowd streamed after the policeman, who stalked on with no little pomposity.
      Golden Stories / A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost...
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