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ostentatiously

adverb as in blatantly

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For two years, and very ostentatiously, Sarkozy has bitten his tongue.

The consul was a keen golfer, so Cunningham ostentatiously visited the clubhouse with his clubs and an overnight bag.

Brotherhood cadres have been ostentatiously preparing "paramilitary" units, but they are really just street gangs.

And one of them was very ostentatiously eating fried chicken.

"Never mind," said Isabel, as Gwynne mopped his brow for the third time and ostentatiously rubbed his face.

Ostentatiously he borrowed a stepladder and stretched the cloth across the front of his store, from post to post.

Indignation nerved her spirit as she reflected upon the usurpation thus ostentatiously displayed.

In Castile was ostentatiously displayed and lavishly spent great fortunes made in remote provinces by oppression and corruption.

But while Montagu was hated, Eric was at the zenith of popular favour, a favour which Brigson ostentatiously encouraged.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ostentatiously, such as: showily, egotistically, pompously, pretentiously, and proudly.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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