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Meaning of pretendingly | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. So as to pretend.
  2. As if by right or title; arrogantly; presumptuously.

Examples

“The disagreement starts with the species capable of pretend play, which necessarily entails disagreement over what the minds involved do in order to play pretendingly, and when.”
“I have a particular Reason to look a little pretendingly at present; therefore I hope you will excuse it”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

pretensively pretentiously preterminally preternaturally pretextually pretheoretically

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