Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1.
in a pretentious manner;
- Example: "this author writes pretentiously"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pretentious \Pre*ten"tious\, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]tentieux. See
Pretend.]
Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is
one's; presuming; assuming. -- Pre*ten"tious*ly, adv. --
Pre*ten"tious*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pretentiously
adv 1: in a pretentious manner; "this author writes
pretentiously" [ant: unpretentiously]