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Presumptuously

Presumptuously \Pre*sump"tu*ous*ly\, adv. In a presumptuous manner; arrogantly.

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presumptuously

adv. In a presumptuous manner; arrogantly.

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presumptuously

adv. in a presumptuous manner; "he presumptuously overstepped the doctor's orders"

Usage examples of "presumptuously".

My mind was so much weakened, or rather softened about this time, that my faith began a little to give way, and I doubted most presumptuously of the least tangible of all Christian tenets, namely, of the infallibility of the elect.

I understood why he had come to me, why he liked my song, why he almost presumptuously intruded upon me, and why he seemed half shy, half bold to me.

Thiuda was talking somewhat presumptuously, as if he alone were responsible for this whole Ostrogothic campaign against the Sarmatae.

Now indeed I feel how presumptuously merciless my bitter conviction of the turpitude of my own sin, has made me towards what I deemed like sins in others.

I perhaps presumptuously permit myself to compare to an unevaporated scent.

They displayed them at an improper season, presumptuously disturbed the service of the assembly, and, by their pride or mistaken zeal, they introduced, particularly into the apostolic church of Corinth, a long and melancholy train of disorders.

They dissolved the sacred ties of custom and education, violated the religious institutions of their country, and presumptuously despised whatever their fathers had believed as true, or had reverenced as sacred.

They displayed them at an improper season, presumptuously disturbed the service of the assembly, and, by their pride or mistaken zeal, they introduced, particularly into the apostolic church of Corinth, a long and melancholy train of disorders.