pontifically
English edit
Etymology edit
pontifical + -ly
Adverb edit
pontifically (comparative more pontifically, superlative most pontifically)
- In a pontifical manner; in the manner of a pope.
- 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 139:
- He slapped his documents open on the table and seated himself pontifically, with a certain imminent redness lurking behind the formality of his expression.
- Whilst pontificating; with pontification.
Translations edit
in a pontifical manner
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