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Princely vs Pompous - What's the difference?

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Princely is a related term of pompous.


As adjectives the difference between princely and pompous

is that princely is relating to a prince; regal; royal while pompous is affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.

As an adverb princely

is in the manner of a royal prince's conduct.

princely

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Relating to a prince; regal; royal.
    • princely birth or character
  • Befitting a prince.
    • a princely sum of money

    Synonyms

    * regally, grandly

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In the manner of a royal prince's conduct.
    • My appetite was not princely got. — Shakespeare.

    pompous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
  • * 1848, , Bantam Classics (1997), 16:
    • "Not that the parting speech caused Amelia to philosophise, or that it armed her in any way with a calmness, the result of argument; but it was intolerably dull, pompous , and tedious; and having the fear of her schoolmistress greatly before her eyes, Miss Sedley did not venture, in her presence, to give way to any ebullitions of private grief."

    Synonyms

    * conceited * smug * See also

    Antonyms

    * humble * modest * self-effacing

    Related terms

    * pomp * pomposity * pompously

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