He presumptuously overstepped the doctor's orders. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The warning of others not to do so presumptuously. From Wordnik.com. [A Brief Instruction in the Worship of God] Reference
Uppity by definition means presumptuously arrogant. From Wordnik.com. [New McCain Ad Attacks Obama As A "Celebrity"] Reference
O! ye who doubt presumptuously that feeling, taste, are given. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844] Reference
I now determined within myself, as resolutely as presumptuously, to. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of an Etonian] Reference
And even worse, to presumptuously portray it as "public sentiment.". From Wordnik.com. [Bill Mann: Giving Extremists Camera Time Is a Recent TV Phenomenon] Reference
We thought this enough; but we were utterly and presumptuously wrong. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
And I say presume presumptuously, have a little higher comfort level. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 16, 2009] Reference
Don's next move, he presumptuously shows up in the lobby of the office. From Wordnik.com. [Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Recap: Award Night] Reference
"If a man come presumptuously upon his NEIGHBOR to slay him with guile.". From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4] Reference
"If any man come presumptuously upon his NEIGHBOR to slay him with guile.". From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4] Reference
Although I presumptuously use his sign-off each night, in feeble tribute. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Greene: The Greatest Speech of The Decade] Reference
It is a presumptuous question, and if answered at all is answered presumptuously. From Wordnik.com. [Is The Young Man Absalom Safe? A Sermon Preached in The Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Stoke Bishop, on Sunday, July 19th, 1885] Reference
There is no doubt that they strenuously set about what they had presumptuously devised. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1] Reference
"It is far from my wish presumptuously to compete with my lord," replied Wilfrid, calmly rejecting the bow. From Wordnik.com. [The Children's Portion] Reference
If he say not, then followeth that which Moses, saith "he hath spoken it presumptuously; thou shalt not fear him.". From Wordnik.com. [Leviathan] Reference
“Innocence,” said the Lord Keeper, “is also confident, and sometimes, though very excusably, presumptuously so.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Bride of Lammermoor] Reference
Now, reassured, burning with delight, the jester spurred presumptuously forward, no longer feeling bound to lag in the rear. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
And the world's need for such secret-telling is not limited to citizens of what nuclear weapons states presumptuously call rogue nations. From Wordnik.com. [Nuclear Hero's 'Crime' Was Making Us Safer] Reference
Her people had begun, days earlier on the phone, by ordering us not to bring any fancy dresses that "would look presumptuously inaugural.". From Wordnik.com. [Lesley Jane Seymour: Behind The More Magazine Shoot: Who Dictates Michelle Obama's Personal Style?] Reference
I've wrote a New York Times article saying that -- perhaps, a little presumptuously -- saying that the president-elect ought to appoint centrists. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Senate Judicial Committee Panel Examines Ashcroft's Record on Social Issues - January 18, 2001] Reference
To aim presumptuously at what is above one, would seem to belong chiefly to the fourth species, which consists in wishing to be preferred to others. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
A fundamentalist preacher, Falwell burst onto the national scene in 1979, when he launched an organization he presumptuously called the Moral Majority. From Wordnik.com. [inbred Diary Entry] Reference
Now I am weak again, and thou couldst crush me as a moth between the fingers, or I might presumptuously fly too near the flaming lamp and be my own destroyer. '. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
Juan replied that he had presumptuously allowed himself to be charmed by the beauty of the Princess Isabel, and humbly requested the king's consent to their marriage. From Wordnik.com. [Philippine Folk-Tales] Reference
The spectacle of men so rash, and so incapable of controlling the forces which they seemed to have presumptuously summoned, excited in Burke both indignation and contempt. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
The king, who, of all that had hitherto presumptuously exposed their lives on this occasion, had not seen one worthy to cast his eyes upon, felt real compassion for Prince. From Wordnik.com. [Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights] Reference
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