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ostentatiously

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os·ten·ta·tious  (stn-tshs, -tn-)
adj.
Characterized by or given to ostentation; pretentious. See Synonyms at showy.
osten·tatious·ly adv.
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Adv.1.ostentatiously - with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner; "Mr Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at the U.N. general assembly"
showily


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To this gentleman, Stubb was now politely introduced by the Guernsey-man, who at once ostentatiously put on the aspect of interpreting between them.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
A shopkeeper with red pimples on his cheeks near the nose, and a calm, persistent, calculating expression on his plump face, hurriedly and ostentatiously approached the officer, swinging his arms.
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