pretentiously
adverb
disapprovinguk/prɪˈten.ʃəs.li/us/prɪˈten.ʃəs.li/in a way thatattemptsto make youappearorsoundmoreimportantorcleverthan you are:
装模作样地，矫饰地，自命不凡地Hislearningis ondisplaythroughoutthebook, sometimes pretentiously so.他的学识在整本书中都有体现，有时有炫耀的嫌疑。
This is pretentiously called atimemanagementsystem, but it is really just adiary.它被装模作样地称为时间管理系统，但实际上就是一本日记。
See
pretentious
- Theplayis never pretentiouslyoblique.
- Thebookwas pretentiouslytitledinLatin.
- Themoviehas abad, pretentiouslymysticalending.
- He wasexpoundingpretentiously about histheories.
Affected & insincere
- affectation
- affected
- affectedly
- archly
- artificial
- feyness
- forced
- fustian
- glib
- glibly
- posey
- preciously
- preciousness
- precocious
- precociousness
- theatrically
- tokenism
- tokenistic
- two-faced
- ultra-slick