as in ostentatiously
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Adverb
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Tanner plunges into these ostentatiously autobiographical roles, heedlessly, hectically and without a psychiatric net.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026 -
The elegant houses of Georgetown were ostentatiously weather-beaten.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 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
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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
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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
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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
Adverb
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With their imposing bulk, elegant curves, colorfully painted sterns, and ornate decorations, the vessels were among the most distinctive and beautiful ships on the seas.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Brooks speaks colorfully and candidly, starting with his impoverished Brooklyn childhood, raised with three brothers by his mother after his father died of tuberculosis.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
22 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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But [the fans] were singing really loud.—
Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
12 Jan. 2026
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Protesters used whistles and tambourines to keep chants loud outside Austin City Hall as passing drivers honked in support.—
Julianna Duennes Russ,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Witnesses told officers the couple had been loudly arguing near the east side of the walking bridge at the lake.—
Timia Cobb
Breaking News Reporter,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Jan. 2026
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While the French film industry, like Hollywood, is overwhelmingly liberal (think of the walkouts at the César Awards when accused statutory rapist Roman Polanski won best director in 2020), some of the biggest Gallic stars of yesteryear have loudly bucked the trend.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Akira Tozawa took a huge clothesline from Julius Creed and sold it brilliantly by doing a backflip.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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In an unassuming building at the San Francisco Zoo, 115 brilliantly colored baby snakes are being fattened up on a diet of worms.—
Pepper St. Clair,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Flashily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flashily. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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