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ostentatiously

ostentatiously adverb: in an ostentatious manner; extravagantly or flamboyantly.

Adverb

ostentatiously (comparative more ostentatiously, superlative most ostentatiously)

  1. 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

Forms of ostentatiously

comparativemore ostentatiously
superlativemost ostentatiously

Origin of ostentatiously

From ostentatious + -ly.

Words formed from ostentatiously

Questions about ostentatiously

What does ostentatiously mean?
Ostentatiously means in an ostentatious manner; extravagantly or flamboyantly.
What part of speech is ostentatiously?
Ostentatiously is an adverb.

Words near ostentatiously in the dictionary

  1. ostentates
  2. ostentating
  3. ostentation
  4. ostentations
  5. ostentatious
  6. ostentatiously
  7. ostentatiousness
  8. ostentative
  9. ostentatively
  10. ostentator
  11. ostentators

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