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pontifically

adv

Etymology

From pontifical + -ly.

  1. learned borrowing from pontificālis
  2. suffixed as pontifically — “pontifical + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a pontifical manner

    In a pontifical manner; in the manner of a pope.

    • He slapped his documents open on the table and seated himself pontifically, with a certain imminent redness lurking behind the formality of his expression.

  2. Whilst pontificating

    Whilst pontificating; with pontification.

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