FLASHILY Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

flashily

adverb

Definition of flashily

as in ostentatiously

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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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Sister Daphne belongs to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an LGBTQ+ group made up mostly of people who dress flamboyantly as nuns.

— ABC News, 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

Definition of flamboyantly

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Fans of tiki bars, their goal was a web series, one that looked at the colorfully decorative tropical bars in Southern California.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
All this scattershot world-building and world-visiting allows for some colorfully diverting vignettes, in which production designer Alexandra Walker and costume designer Ann Maskrey get to show off their giddy, gaudy wares.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of colorfully

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Last week, law enforcement in the city of Kirkland, Washington (just northeast of Seattle) responded to a 911 call from a resident reporting loud banging inside their home.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2026
Reading the letters myself and seeing players read out loud with tears in their eyes provided a powerful example what can happen when parents express their true feelings.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of loud

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Hill attempted to drive the green in two and missed, but played his third out of the greenside bunker brilliantly.

— Hugh Kellenberger, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
After a solid three entries that played fast and loose with linear continuity, Fast Five brilliantly reinvented the franchise with what remains the best installment.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of brilliantly

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