Doing or saying something with excessive pride.
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Swagger means the following: to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner.
Loftily is an adjective and means, "in a pompous, arrogant or grand manner"
Having pompous pride means being excessively proud and showing off one's accomplishments in an arrogant or boastful manner. It often involves a sense of superiority and looking down on others.
Pompous pontificating refers to expressing one's opinions or beliefs in a manner that is excessively arrogant, self-important, or dogmatic. It often involves speaking with a sense of authority or superiority without considering others' perspectives or input.
He was very pompous.
The prefix of "pompous" is "pomp-".
To spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle., To ride on a prancing horse; to ride in an ostentatious manner., To walk or strut about in a pompous, showy manner, or with warlike parade.
"Sententious" describes someone who tends to speak or write in a self-righteous or moralizing way, often expressing opinions in a pompous or excessive manner.
You could say: "Jerry is a pompous fool." "Pompous" is an adjective, so it needs to modify a noun.
Edward Tulane was a very pompous rabbit.
Sue came to school acting all POMPOUS...