[f. BOASTING ppl. a. + -LY2.] In a boasting or bragging manner, boastfully.

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1552.  Huloet, Boastynglye, gloriose.

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1561.  Norton, Calvin’s Inst., Pref. [They] doo boastyngly sett oute to sale their owne woorke.

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1785.  Burke, Sp. Nab. Arcot’s Debts, Wks. IV. 272. He boastingly tells you, that he has seen, read, digested, compared every thing.

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1862.  Trollope, N. Amer., I. 73. I do not say this boastingly or with pride.

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