vaingloriously

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English vainglorious Middle English -ly English -ly English vaingloriously From vainglorious + -ly.

1. In a vainglorious manner.

   “From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.”