adv
Meaning 1
In an ostentatious manner; extravagantly or flamboyantly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ostentatiously
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CMU ARPABET: AA2 S T AH0 N T EY1 SH AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Mr Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at the U.N. general assembly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: showily
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English ostentatious Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English ostentatiously From ostentatious + -ly.