boastfully

«boastfully» in Mova's school dictionary: In a boastful way: talking very proudly about yourself or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (boastfully)

meaning for a pupil

In a boastful way: talking very proudly about yourself or what you have done, so others feel you are showing off. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, a character boastfully brags about his skill or plans, and the reader sees he is vain

examples

• She boastfully told us she was the best swimmer. tree →
• He boastfully said he would win every race. tree →
• The bird boastfully talked about his home. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• This shall they have for their pride, because they have taunted and spoken boastfully against the people of the LORD of hosts.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «boastfully» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.