[f. BOASTING ppl. a. + -LY2.] In a boasting or bragging manner, boastfully.
1552. Huloet, Boastynglye, gloriose.
1561. Norton, Calvins Inst., Pref. [They] doo boastyngly sett oute to sale their owne woorke.
1785. Burke, Sp. Nab. Arcots Debts, Wks. IV. 272. He boastingly tells you, that he has seen, read, digested, compared every thing.
1862. Trollope, N. Amer., I. 73. I do not say this boastingly or with pride.