MAGNILOQUENTLY

grandiloquently, magniloquently

(adverb) in a rhetorically grandiloquent manner; “the orator spoke magniloquently”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

magniloquently (comparative more magniloquently, superlative most magniloquently)

In a magniloquent manner.

Source: Wiktionary


MAGNILOQUENT

Mag*nil"o*quent, a. Etym: [L. magnus great + loquens, -entis, p. pr. of loqui to speak. See Magnitude, Loquacious.]

Definition: Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.

– Mag*nil"o*quent*ly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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18 May 2025

OBLIQUE

(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”


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