BLATANTLY Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

blatantly

adverb

Definition of blatantly

as in clearly

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Recent Examples of blatantly The Congressional Black Caucus and fellow Democrats swiftly slammed the vile attack as blatantly racist. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026 His ability to fund campaigns for far-right and/or blatantly authoritarian political parties has gone from financially motivated to straight-up sinister. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2026 Diamondbacks pitcher Eduardo Rodríguez blatantly balked in front of a crowd of 24,297, and the only four people who could fix it didn’t see it until watching a video afterward. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026 The other was filed by Bonta, who said that Bianco blatantly disregarded his authority as attorney general. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026 On the runway, the shoes went viral for their blatantly polarizing design. — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 21 Aug. 2026 Even as the busy restaurant bar reaches blatantly excessive noise levels even before Ninh’s fully done with his equipment, neighboring businesses are already having their patience tested. — Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 10 Aug. 2026 Despite blatantly flouting regulations, these companies have continued to dodge responsibility and consequences. — Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026 And blatantly anti-colonialist themes that probe how a child can reckon with their parents’ bloody legacy. — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026

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Costco clearly agrees because its beloved version is back in the bakery case.

— Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 15 Sep. 2026
But Fernandez was clearly offside and, by challenging for the ball, was interfering with play.

— Oliver Kay, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of clearly

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For many years, the EPP staunchly supported former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s stridently nationalist Fidesz party, hoping to keep him within Europe’s political mainstream.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
DeSantis stridently opposed both measures, which failed to get the 60% support needed to pass.

— Gray Rohrer, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of stridently

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Cinema United, the movie theater trade organization, once vociferously opposed to the merger, backed off Tuesday and called for a settlement to avoid industry uncertainty.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026
These moves have once again foregrounded Paul's unproven claims that the SARS-Cov-2 virus came from a lab leak and that Fauci covered it up — a charge the scientist has vociferously denied.

— Ari Daniel, NPR, 30 July 2026

Definition of vociferously

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Many of the recipes have a distinctly Kentucky bent, like the Hot Brown Deviled Eggs, others like her Funeral Potatoes, are the kind of Southern cooking that transcends state borders.

— Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2026
Set against Montreal’s unique culture and layered history, their coming-of-age story is distinctly local—and universally relatable.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of distinctly

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Others work automatically whenever the canine barks too loudly or too much.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
It was crowded with guests like Schrader, Chloë Sevigny, and Alessandro Nivola spilling out into the restaurant, drinking and reminiscing quite loudly about their work with Killer over the years.

— Rachel Handler, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of loudly

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Contemporary foes like Iraq’s Saddam Hussein and North Korea’s Kim Jong-il remained firmly, if sometimes noisily, contained.

— Michael E. Neagle, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026
In 2024, likewise, some leaders of the activist left noisily defected from the Harris-Walz ticket.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of noisily

Adverb

So Zohran Mamdani deserves at least tentative kudos for taking it on so early in his administration and for offering a solution that, while resoundingly imperfect, at least seems grounded in the real world.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 24 Aug. 2026
Progressive challengers Elijah Manley and Oliver Larkin failed resoundingly.

— Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of resoundingly

Adverb

Best-seller rank is built from sales, not from ratings, as Amazon states plainly, so a product that is not being recommended is not making the sales that earn the rank that earns the recommendation.

— Srijith Ravikumar, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Sunderland have plainly missed that deadline this season too and four Premier League games have already been played, including a primetime hosting of champions Arsenal last Saturday evening.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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