adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a boastful manner; vauntingly.

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c. 1430.  Life St. Kath. (Gibbs MS.), 55. Wher yn bostfully she enhaunceth hir self.

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1845.  Ld. Campbell, Chancellors (1857), III. li. 4. Observing boastfully, ‘We inherit all our genius from our mother.’

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