Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a flamboyant style; showily; flaringly.
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- adverb In a
flamboyant manner
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- adverb in a fancy colorful manner
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Examples
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Certainly, there are some clergy who regularly intermingle politics with their religion—often loudly, even flamboyantly Pat Robertson for example.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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When Samuel Adams heard that Bostonians were dressing flamboyantly, he thought that such behavior alone could doom independence.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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Unlike Flintoff – who flamboyantly ran out the Australian captain Ricky Ponting in his last Test – Botham didn't time his exit well.
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She invents an interview with "VN" about his years in the USA, and provides a whimsical anti-glossary for some of his flamboyantly obscure vocabulary.
The Enchanter: Nabokov and Happiness by Lila Azam Zanganeh – review 2011
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The director was standing in for Seymour, and a flamboyantly gay guy was auditioning for the plant.
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Color is exaggerated to flamboyantly illustrate the wild characteristics of the creatures being depicted while in flight or cooly assessing us.
Tracey Harnish: Lori La Mont: The Status Symbol of Sports Tracey Harnish 2011
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The only time during this period when China flamboyantly violated the principles of “peaceful rise” was when it staged threatening missile tests near Taiwan in 1995 and 1996.
Zero-Sum Future Gideon Rachman 2011
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He has said on more than one occasion that he feels like we should be willing to fail flamboyantly, on a grand scale.
Work of Art's Dusty on Why Jerry Was Wrong and Having His Own Short Shorts 2011
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Back then, Chávez's Bolivarian revolution seemed to many to offer a decent hope of dragging South Americans out of poverty – flamboyantly anti-capitalist and anti-US, and apparently effective and popular.
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Love's Labour's is often thought of as Shakespeare's most flamboyantly intellectual play.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
sionnach commented on the word flamboyantly
"I still have nightmares about Charles and the terrible baked Alaska incident", Mary said flamboyantly.
March 20, 2007