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presumptuously

adverb as in impudently

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I don’t know your backstory, motivation or the emotional associations you have with your traditions, so my invalidating your feelings would be presumptuous and wrong.

I presumptuously thought at the time that the anger of Heaven was thus shown for the crime I had committed.

Salmoneus of Elis was punished for having presumptuously claimed divine honours.

And woe to Boythorn, or other daring wight, who shall presumptuously contest an inch with him!

Because there have been upstart governments, thrusting themselves between, and presumptuously working to un-make man.

Those who had too presumptuously concluded that they should pass without combat were something disconcerted.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to presumptuously, such as: impertinently, pertly, brashly, insolently, and rudely.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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