FLAMBOYANTLY Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

flamboyantly

adverb

Definition of flamboyantly

as in ostentatiously

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Recent Examples of flamboyantly Sister Daphne belongs to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an LGBTQ+ group made up mostly of people who dress flamboyantly as nuns. — ABC News, 25 July 2026 The experience of the drink is composed, elegant even, a sophisticated push and pull subtlety and counterbalance, but the list of ingredients reads, to me, to be almost flamboyantly random. — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 11 July 2026 And Cayden Alley is endearing and playful as Damian, the school’s most flamboyantly gay student. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2026 Egerton, by contrast, gets to grandstand a bit more flamboyantly. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 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

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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
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

Definition of ostentatiously

Adverb

Every court now wrestling with preemption is really wrestling with that silence, and silence, at this volume, is a decision someone will eventually have to make out loud.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
So wait, that means all these people are talking out loud to their computers next to their co-workers?

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of loud

Adverb

The sitting room is painted in Farrow & Ball’s blush Setting Plaster and paired colorfully with a sage-green corduroy sofa and a chintz secondhand armchair.

— Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2026
Today, they are sold in colorfully catchy packaging in forms of powder, tablets, liquid shots, gummies, and even vapes.

— David Manheim, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026

Definition of colorfully

Adverb

On Thursday, Clancy loudly sobbed, shuddered and covered her face with her hands as a medical examiner testified about Callan’s autopsy.

— Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Clancy cried loudly in court as the first witness, a Massachusetts medical examiner, testified about performing an autopsy on her infant son.

— Kristina Rex, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of loudly

Adverb

And to be collaborating with the brilliantly talented Molly Manners is a dream come true.

— Peter White, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2026
If the Dodgers hadn’t brilliantly exploited an MLB economic system that privileges big-market teams, the Padres wouldn’t be so beholden to the wild-card option year after year.

— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

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