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ostentatiously

/ˌɑstənˈteɪʃəsɫi/ adv

In an ostentatious manner; extravagantly or flamboyantly.

Word Origin Ostentatiously comes from Latin 'ostendere', to stretch out in front for display — 'ob-' (before) + 'tendere' (to stretch). So ostentatious behavior is stretching yourself out to be noticed. The '-ous' makes it an adjective, and '-ly' an adverb. The same 'tendere' root gives us 'extend', 'intend', 'pretend' (stretch forward in imagination), and 'tension'. Doing something ostentatiously is doing it with a lot of showy stretching.

adv In an ostentatious manner; extravagantly or flamboyantly.

He ostentatiously displayed his new Rolex watch to everyone at the party.

(副词) 炫耀地；招摇地；张扬地；夸耀地

他在派对上向所有人炫耀地展示了他的新劳力士手表。

(adverbio) ostentosamente; ostensiblemente; pompósamente; llamativamente [De manera ostentosa; en forma extravagante o llamativa.]

Mostró ostentosamente su nuevo reloj Rolex a todos en la fiesta.

(adverbe) ostensiblement; avec ostentation; fastueusement; de manière voyante; avec apparat [De manière ostensible, avec un étalage extravagant et voyant destiné à impressionner autrui.]

Il exhibait sa nouvelle Rolex de façon ostensible devant tout le monde à la fête.

(Adverb) protzig; prahlerisch; aufdringlich; auffällig [Auf eine auffällige, prahlerische oder übertrieben zur Schau gestellte Weise.]

Er zeigte seine neue Rolex-Uhr **ostentatiously** allen Gästen auf der Party.

(副詞) 派手に、見せびらかすように、けばけばしく。

彼はパーティーで新しいロレックスの時計をわざとらしく皆に見せびらかした。

(advérbio) ostensivamente; espalhafatosamente; pomposamente [De maneira ostensiva; extravagantemente ou de modo espalhafatoso.]

Ele exibia ostensivamente seu novo relógio Rolex para todos na festa.

Synonyms: showily flamboyantly extravagantly pretentiously grandiosely pompously flashily gaudily Antonyms: modestly unpretentiously quietly simply

Common collocations

be verb to prep of prep at prep have verb in prep

Related words

ostentation tend tendency tense tension tent tendon extension intention intense attention contention pretension

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