Definition of "boastfully" adverb comparative more boastfully , superlative most boastfully
In a boastful manner . quotations examples
Quotations Nixon boastfully called the seven days he spent on the Chinese mainland "the week that changed the world "–without , however , specifying whether the change was for the better or for the worse . The way he humbled himself before Mao Tse -tung and Chou En -lai reminded me of the tribute -bearing foreign emissaries of the previous centuries who went to Peking to pay homage at the Chinese Imperial Court . Nixon 's hosts must have laughed in their sleeves at his behavior during their meetings .
1983, James C. H. Shen, “Beginnings of Endings”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally, Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., page 7