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

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One night in early 1973, Michael heard that a trial lawyer named Louis Nizer, who had not been involved in the Rosenberg case, was reading out loud from his parents’ prison letters on TV.

— Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
The eastern Pennsylvania town of Easton was one of only three places (along with Philadelphia and Trenton) where the Declaration of Independence was read out loud to colonists, following its adoption on July 4, 1776.

— Joe Yogerst, CNN Money, 26 June 2026

Definition of loud

Adverb

Room 1134’s distressed leather and cast iron accents, dimmable overhead lighting, and wide plank oakwood flooring counterbalance colorfully ombre shades, brocade throws, and a cushy seafoam blue loveseat at the foot of the (very plush) bed.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026
In what turns out to be the biggest moment in Neil’s young serving career, the handyman and Berzatto family friend keeps his composure and colorfully chats up the diner everyone believed was the Michelin-star inspector.

— Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 26 June 2026

Definition of colorfully

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On Thursday morning, fat bees perched on black-and-blue sage flowers, and doves loudly fluttered from fruit tree to fruit tree.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
Advertisement One of the film’s comedic bits is your character and Jake Johnson’s character playing against a team in which both players grunt loudly on the court.

— Sean Gregory, Time, 23 July 2026

Definition of loudly

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Wear this ‘90s mainstay with some baggy jeans to create brilliantly unexpected visual tension.

— Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 26 July 2026
Meanwhile, Bussières charts that erosion brilliantly, allowing her character’s professional confidence to facilitate a fiery, complex performance essential to making the narrative work.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 22 July 2026

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