as in ostentatiously
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Recent Examples of flamboyantly
And Cayden Alley is endearing and playful as Damian, the school’s most flamboyantly gay student.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 June 2026
Egerton, by contrast, gets to grandstand a bit more flamboyantly.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Christopher Tayler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
With the air choked by chemicals and ash, the sunsets were flamboyantly intense.
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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).
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ArsTechnica,
16 Aug. 2025
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
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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Despite being about the size of my hand, the speaker puts out loud, crystal-clear sound with an impressive twelve-hour battery life.
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Mabe Fratti and Bill Orcutt’s collaboration didn’t begin colorfully or dramatically; Fratti just liked Orcutt and said so publicly, prompting Orcutt to reach out, which resulted in their working—remotely, mostly—on a series of pieces.
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Lifetime Achievement Award-winner Poltz was colorfully introduced by his longtime musician friend, former San Diego Padres second baseman and third base coach Tim Flannery.
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Your 12th House of Rest and Reflection calls loudly as the sparkling Sun forms a quincunx with Pluto in your 7th House of Partnership.
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At least one shareholder loudly called for the return of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn, while others voiced deep dissatisfaction with Nissan's continuing decline.
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Of course, that beloved character is Slippin' Jimmy himself, brilliantly (and hilariously) played by Bob Odenkirk.
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It's so brilliantly shot as well.
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“Flamboyantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flamboyantly. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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