ostentatiously
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os·ten·ta·tious
(ŏs′tĕn-tā′shəs, -tən-)adj.
Characterized by or given to ostentation. See Synonyms at showy.
os′ten·ta′tious·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" |
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Translations
بِتَظاهُر، بِتَباهٍ
hivalkodóan
meî sÿndarmennsku
okázale
gösterişle
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
ostentatiously
[ˌɒstɛnˈteɪʃəsli] adv (= showily) → avec ostentation
(= in an exaggerated way) → ostensiblement
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ostentatiously
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
ostentatious
(ostenˈteiʃəs) adjective behaving, done etc in such a way as to be seen by other people and to impress them. Their style of living is very ostentatious.
ˌostenˈtation nounˌostenˈtatiousness noun
ˌostenˈtatiously adverb
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