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vainglorious
Part of speech: AdjectiveBoastful; full of excessive pride.
Part of speech: AdverbVaingloriously.
Part of speech: NounVaingloriousness.
Usage examples "vainglorious":- The eagerness with which other newspapers have since sought them out for important employments, and the rapidity of their promotion on those other newspapers have always been a source of pride to me- pride which is not, I think, vainglorious or unduly personal. - "Recollections of a Varied Life", George Cary Eggleston.
- They mother the romping shrubs, the slender, maidenly birches, the maples, vainglorious in their dainty spring colors, their voluminous summer robes, their gorgeous autumn gowns, and they do it all with a kindly dignity that endears, while they stand high above all these in their perfection of simplicity. - "Old Plymouth Trails", Winthrop Packard.
- He had thought to play the agreeable in that bold, vainglorious manner which had become his second nature toward ladies, to a timid young being who trusted herself entirely to his protection, but he was being shown back to his proper place by a mere glance at his first attempt. - "The Sign of Flame", E. Werner.