Meanings
adverbostentatiously (comparative more ostentatiously, superlative most ostentatiously)
comparative more ostentatiously · superlative most ostentatiously
- In an ostentatious manner; extravagantly or flamboyantly.
"You working with Fisheye?" Ng says, lighting up cig. The smoke swirls in the air ostentatiously.
1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 366
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbwith ostentation; in an ostentatious manner
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Origin
- Englishostentatious
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishostentatiously
From ostentatious + -ly.
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