Meaning
1 sensesIn an ostentatious manner; extravagantly or flamboyantly.
with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner
Examples
1 sentencesOstentatiously Christian conservatives often turn out to be child abusers.
Forms
more ostentatiously, most ostentatiously| Comparative | more ostentatiously Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most ostentatiously |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner:showily
Word family
2 related wordsRelatedostentatious
Derivedunostentatiously
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.