pretensively

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pretensively

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From pretensive + -ly.

adverb more pretensively · most pretensively

In a pretensive manner. Let us not be too much taken, my friends, by the typology in which our gospel is here and there so feebly and pretensively dressed — the low perceptions, and the short culture, always putting their cheap honors and ornaments upon it.

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@misc{pretensively_2026,
  title = {pretensively},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pretensively},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}