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1 —1 use as in:
she is presumptuous
Definition
exercising privileges to which one is not entitled — such as being too familiar or too bossy
- You are presumptuous.Act 2 — Garden at the Manor House (74% in)
There are no more uses of "presumptuous" flagged with this meaning in The Importance of Being Earnest.
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? —2 uses
exact meaning not specified
- And I presume you know what that unfortunate movement led to?Act 1 — Morning-room in Algernon's flat in Half-Moon Street (76% in)
- ] Both, if necessary, I presume.Act 1 — Morning-room in Algernon's flat in Half-Moon Street (71% in)
There are no more uses of "presumption" in The Importance of Being Earnest.
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