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ostentatiously

/os-ten-tey-shuhs, -tuhn-/US // ˌɒs tɛnˈteɪ ʃəs, -tən- //UK // (ˌɒstɛnˈteɪʃəs) //

炫耀性地,炫耀性的,炫耀地,浮夸地

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
    • : intended to attract notice: Lady Bountiful's ostentatious charity.

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Examples

  • For two years, and very ostentatiously, Sarkozy has bitten his tongue.

  • The consul was a keen golfer, so Cunningham ostentatiously visited the clubhouse with his clubs and an overnight bag.

  • Brotherhood cadres have been ostentatiously preparing "paramilitary" units, but they are really just street gangs.

  • And one of them was very ostentatiously eating fried chicken.

  • "Never mind," said Isabel, as Gwynne mopped his brow for the third time and ostentatiously rubbed his face.

  • Ostentatiously he borrowed a stepladder and stretched the cloth across the front of his store, from post to post.

  • Indignation nerved her spirit as she reflected upon the usurpation thus ostentatiously displayed.

  • In Castile was ostentatiously displayed and lavishly spent great fortunes made in remote provinces by oppression and corruption.

  • But while Montagu was hated, Eric was at the zenith of popular favour, a favour which Brigson ostentatiously encouraged.