presumptuously


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pre·sump·tu·ous

 (prĭ-zŭmp′cho͞o-əs)
adj.
Going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward: felt it was presumptuous of him to assume they had become friends.

[Middle English, from Old French presumptueux, from Late Latin praesūmptuōsus, variant of praesūmptiōsus, from praesūmptiō, presumption; see presumption.]

pre·sump′tu·ous·ly adv.
pre·sump′tu·ous·ness n.
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Adv.1.presumptuously - in a presumptuous manner; "he presumptuously overstepped the doctor's orders"
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Translations

presumptuously

[prɪˈzʌmptjʊəslɪ] ADVcon atrevimiento, con osadía
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presumptuously

adv I had assumed, somewhat presumptuously, that …es war vielleicht vermessen, aber ich hatte angenommen, dass …
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presumptuously

[prɪˈzʌmptjʊəslɪ] advpresuntuosamente
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References in classic literature ?
And woe to Boythorn or other daring wight who shall presumptuously contest an inch with him!
Philip's sense of the situation was too complete for him not to be visited with glancing fears lest he had been intervening too presumptuously in the action of Maggie's conscience, perhaps for a selfish end.
207-210) But these sons whom be begot himself great Heaven used to call Titans (Strainers) in reproach, for he said that they strained and did presumptuously a fearful deed, and that vengeance for it would come afterwards.
They are just presumptuously imposing their opinion on the whole world or at least trying to do so," he added.
Request for a Free Sample Report - https://www.factmr.com/connectus/sample?flag=S&rep_id=43 Following the CES 2018, General Motors presumptuously declared that the company will eliminate the automotive steering system from the autonomous vehicle design by 2019 end.
In 1543, before a permanent Spanish colony had been settled on the islands, explorer Ruy Loacutepez de Villalobos presumptuously named the two islands of Leyte and Samar as Las Islas Filipinas (The Philipine Islands).
Then someone did come forward with presumptuously irrefutable evidence and shared an infamous speech which was more than enough to expose the colonial mindset of Macaulay.
In God they obviously do not trust because they presumptuously preempt God by judging and condemning God's human creations.
Yes, it was part of a culturally-biased program, implicitly (and presumptuously) designed to purge them of their "Nativeness"; but was their mother deemed to be unfit to care for them?
This is the same man that is so presumptuously deluded to the point of thinking that he has earned the right to teach Nigeria lessons about governance.
Its theme--the operation of divine grace on a group of diverse but closely connected characters--was perhaps presumptuously large, but I make no apology for it.