Ostentatiously
[ˈɑstənˈteʃəslɪ]
Definition
(adv.) with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner; 'Mr Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at the U.N. general assembly'.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Showily, pompously, boastfully, with a flourish of trumpets, with beat of drum.
Typist: Xavier
Examples
- Young man,' said Mr. Stiggins ostentatiously, 'I fear you are not softened by imprisonment. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She was never, as I think I have said, ostentatiously affectionate, but she was heard by the coachman chatting with the Colonel in a friendly fashion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Bell blew his nose ostentatiously before answering. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Typist: Xavier