bumptiously
adjective disapproving uk/ˈbʌmp.ʃəs.li/ us/ˈbʌmp.ʃəs.li/
自以为是地
in an unpleasantly confident way
The salesman had a bumptiously oily delivery. 推销员的推销自以为是,油嘴滑舌。
She is the sort of person who has bumptiously confident views about art. 她是那种对艺术有着自以为是的自信的人。
See: bumptious
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- The group of five young men wrote and sang bumptiously catchy songs.
- It might be a difficult market, but this retailer is bumptiously boasting of record-breaking growth.
- The central government did not like the emergence of a bumptiously self-governing region.