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she is presumptuous
Definition
exercising privileges to which one is not entitled — such as being too familiar or too bossy
- He is indeed presumptuous, and getting above himself; and nothing less than a flogging will do for him.Chapter 10 (51% in)
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- He was generally called Captain Anthony—a title which, I presume, he acquired by sailing a craft on the Chesapeake Bay.Chapter 1 (60% in)
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