flagrantly

Definition of flagrantlynext

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of flagrantly The figure’s legs in Moving My Chair (2019) are nearly twice the length of her torso, and here as in nearly every foot McNeely painted, toes are flagrantly flexed. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 White and Engelbert quickly acted to condemn online trolling, but stayed mostly quiet about the actual incident on the court where Thomas flagrantly fouled Clark. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026 Now, there are good reasons for this inevitability to get kicked down the road, specifically for JoAnne, who doesn’t trust Duncan and doesn’t want to break the law, at least not so flagrantly. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2026 The vast majority of drivers stop speeding after one or two camera violations, but a small and extremely reckless group of super speeders flagrantly endanger themselves and everyone around them. — Mike Flynn, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026 At least four federal judges blocked some of those subpoenas as flagrantly illicit overreach. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026 Jonathan Haidt, in his career as a wide-ranging social psychologist, has been flagrantly right about at least one big thing. — David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026 This has become a flagrantly abusive practice. — Kate Callen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026 There’s nothing worse than generating a report with AI and then going confidently into a meeting, only to encounter an awkwardly embarrassing situation where the data is flagrantly incorrect, missing, or misleading, or too obviously AI. — Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flagrantly
Adverb
  • De Anda contends that the warrant used to search her property contained false information, Josephson said, including inconsistent descriptions of conditions and grossly inaccurate estimates of the number of animals on the property.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Like her, Americans are also so tired of being screwed by an administration that’s not only grossly incompetent and cruel but corrupt as well.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • The court ruled that assigning an egregiously high bail, despite a defendant’s income declaration, was just a way of detaining them.
    — Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Some members of the conservative majority have, on occasion, exhibited a willingness to stand up to Trump’s most egregiously unlawful actions.
    — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 26 June 2026

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“Flagrantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagrantly. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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