PRESUMPTUOUSLY Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

presumptuously

adverb

Definition of presumptuously

as in boldly

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Enter Flanagan, who boldly set out to reinvent Carrie for the 21st century.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
Her account opens with an acute examination of the paradoxes of willing (an example of how boldly this memoir follows its philosophical interests).

— James Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of boldly

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But among their best qualities, Dick Riordan was arrogantly confident, Jim Hahn had a steady hand on the tiller, Antonio Villaraigosa was tireless and passionate, Eric Garcetti was a long-range thinker on earthquakes, water and energy.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
But the majority in 2019 said federal courts aren’t competent to decide when gerrymandering goes too far, even when the culprits arrogantly boast about it, as some did in Tallahassee.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026

Definition of arrogantly

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Nike has no shortage of bold sneaker designs in its archive and yet, there is perhaps no model as audaciously branded as the Air More Uptempo.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026
All the entries are highly personal, bracingly creative and audaciously inventive recreations of immortal standards familiar throughout the world.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of audaciously

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Hazel swung the lamp in her hand and looked contemptuously at Ginny, surrounded by the naturalists and the teachers, who whispered encouragement.

— Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
Men sneered contemptuously at them, while teenagers used their names as insults.

— Mikhail Zygar, Vanity Fair, 7 Jan. 2026

Definition of contemptuously

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The surgeon, James Marion Sims, often referred to as the father of gynecology, brazenly refused to administer anesthesia to his Black victims.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026
And though Reid does his best with the brazenly flirtatious, casually chauvinistic Rapp, Yaga badly overplays its hand with his womanizing.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of brazenly

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