Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an egotistical manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb With egotism.
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- adverb in an
egotistic manner
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- adverb in an egotistical manner
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Examples
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He believes that his key strength in dealmaking is that he doesn't approach a deal egotistically.
The Next Act Anuradha Raghunathan 2010
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But it is true of enough that we have the sort of egotistically driven but false sense of their own expertise that leads to these egregdiously false claims about law (or climate change, recall the Oregon petition).
Think Progress » Arizona Doctor Plans To Close His Office Because Of ‘Stress’ Caused By ‘Obamacare’ 2010
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In this vein, treating other people as you would want to be treated is perhaps still not the most ethical approach on some level since it rather egotistically assumes that the other person is just like you and would want to be treated the same way … when this might not necessarily be the case at all.
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A top level executive may have egotistically demanded one to be placed on his desk --- but he rarely had a clue on how to put it to good use.
The Internet and Productivity, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Their egotistically enhanced manipulative megalomaniacal maladjustments in this matter is massively mind-boggling.
Obama challenges reform detractors to explain themselves 2009
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He believes that his key strength in dealmaking is that he doesn't approach a deal egotistically.
The Next Act Anuradha Raghunathan 2010
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Starting a letter to Adolf Hitler with the words "My friend," Gandhi egotistically asked: "Will you listen to the appeal of one who has deliberately shunned the method of war not without considerable success?"
Among the Hagiographers Andrew Roberts 2011
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The judge noted that Carter had egotistically dropped the names of politician-friends during prior court proceedings, and bragged to cops about being written up in The New York Times.
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The judge noted that Carter had egotistically dropped the names of politician-friends during prior court proceedings, and bragged to cops about being written up in The New York Times.
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It's too easy -- not to mention egotistically gratifying -- to preach to others about how they should be.
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