pretentiously

1. 1.

   in a pretentious manner

   “this author writes pretentiously”

   Antonymsunpretentiously

Questions about pretentiously

What does pretentiously mean?

pretentiously means "in a pretentious manner".

How many syllables are in pretentiously?

pretentiously has 5 syllables and divides as pre-ten-ti-ou-sly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of pretentiously?

The recorded antonyms are unpretentiously.

Is pretentiously a common word?

pretentiously is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.