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flamboyantly

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flam·boy·ant  (flm-boint)
adj.
1. Highly elaborate; ornate.
2. Richly colored; resplendent.
3. Architecture Of, relating to, or having wavy lines and flamelike forms characteristic of 15th- and 16th-century French Gothic architecture.
4. Given to ostentatious or audacious display. See Synonyms at showy.

[French, from Old French, present participle of flamboyer, to blaze, from flambe, flame; see flame.]

flam·boyance, flam·boyan·cy n.
flam·boyant·ly adv.
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Adv.1.flamboyantly - in a fancy colorful manner; "he dresses rather flamboyantly"
Translations
flamboyantly
advextravagant
flamboyantly [flæmˈbɔɪəntlɪ] adv (dress) → vistosamente, in modo sgargiante; (behave) → teatralmente


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