Meanings
comparative more blatantly · superlative most blatantly
- In a blatant manner; so as to be highly visible or obvious.
Although he was blatantly on drugs, the crowd still cheered him.
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Further on, blatantly advertising its meritorious solidity, a boarding-house exhibits behind uncurtained windows its testimony to the soundness of London.
1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter 6, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, →OCLCSynonyms: glaringly, plainly, apparently, baitly, clearly, evidently, eyely, glaringly
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn a blatant manner; so as to be highly visible or obvious.
Origin
Translations
French manifestement, ouvertement
- manifestementin a blatant manner
- ouvertementin a blatant manner
- clairementin a blatant manner
Italian spudoratamente
- spudoratamentein a blatant manner
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