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Recent Examples of flamboyantly
The staging of their wedding on Monday is immediately juxtaposed with the deaths of Mercutio (played flamboyantly, and with a penchant for mooning, by Kasper Hilton-Hille) and Tybalt (Aruna Jalloh).
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Ellise Shafer, Variety, 1 Apr. 2026
Across medieval Europe, aristocrats repeatedly set off fashion fads and scandals by wearing poulaines, shoes whose flamboyantly elongated pointed toes could stretch far beyond the natural length of their feet.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
In his social orbit are a flamboyantly gay colleague played by Mason Gooding and a roommate questioning her own sexuality, played by Chase Sui Wonders.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2026
The novel keeps the illusion running with great skill, but it’s also flamboyantly patterned, in ways both large and small.
—Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
With the air choked by chemicals and ash, the sunsets were flamboyantly intense.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The flamboyantly lascivious Frank-N-Furter is about to unveil his new Creature, the titular Rocky Horror (Peter Hinwood).
—ArsTechnica, 16 Aug. 2025
Ellise Shafer, Variety, 1 Apr. 2026
Across medieval Europe, aristocrats repeatedly set off fashion fads and scandals by wearing poulaines, shoes whose flamboyantly elongated pointed toes could stretch far beyond the natural length of their feet.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
In his social orbit are a flamboyantly gay colleague played by Mason Gooding and a roommate questioning her own sexuality, played by Chase Sui Wonders.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2026
The novel keeps the illusion running with great skill, but it’s also flamboyantly patterned, in ways both large and small.
—Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
With the air choked by chemicals and ash, the sunsets were flamboyantly intense.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The flamboyantly lascivious Frank-N-Furter is about to unveil his new Creature, the titular Rocky Horror (Peter Hinwood).
—ArsTechnica, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flamboyantly
Adverb
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Bryan Fuller’s expressionistic procedural is ostentatiously gruesome, yes, but the increasingly disturbing interplay between Will and Hannibal — cat and mouse, will-they/won’t they — is a full course meal on its own.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
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In her closet were seven Ungaros, three Rykiels, a Kamali bathing suit and a Kamali sleeping-bag coat, five Kenzo dresses, two pieces from the Ballets Russes collection of Saint Laurent—all of which were trades or payments in kind, none of them mothballed, but instead worn ostentatiously and often.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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On our first morning, Sara and I woke to one of the roughly 300 days of sun that Taos receives each year—gaudily beautiful weather for the end of February.—
Michael Paterniti,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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But where the exhibitions on Cribs were charmingly, sometimes garishly, idiosyncratic, today’s represent a subtler and often more generic version of taste.—
Kim Hew-Low,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Garcia laughed it off and replied that the baby liked the music loud before returning to her room.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Back in present-day Gilead, this girl who used to live out loud and in color is in her all-white skirt suit, tending to the Aunts’ beehives and cleaning their rooms and serving them their breakfasts.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The characters are colorfully dressed but also comfortably.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
9 Apr. 2026
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Sean McGinley’s sound design ties it all together with atmospheric cues that bridge the eras as do Jamie Godwin’s colorfully gorgeous projection designs.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Fans need to start speaking up loudly.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
17 Apr. 2026
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Windward doesn’t announce itself loudly.—
Mark David,
Robb Report,
17 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Pat was a rare kind of person—brilliantly talented, endlessly kind, and generous in spirit.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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In September 2014, during a 3-2 victory over Barcelona, the Brazilian threw himself in the way of a close-range Jordi Alba shot, blocked the effort brilliantly and celebrated wildly after the ball was deflected behind.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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