1. in a manner that is pretentious, bombastic, or inflated in language or style; with excessive or empty rhetoric
Usage: formal; literary

Examples

• The politician spoke flatulently about his accomplishments, using grandiose language to mask his lack of substance.
• He flatulently declared himself the greatest writer of his generation.
• The critic dismissed the novel as flatulently written, full of empty flourishes and little meaning.
• She flatulently proclaimed her superiority over her rivals.
• The speech was delivered flatulently, with much bluster but little actual content.