All 3 Uses of
ostentatious
in
The Mill on the Floss
- She had been crying, but was rocking baby to sleep in her arms now, and made no ostentatious show of sorrow as her brother looked at her, but merely said: "The father's gone to the field, again, if you want him, brother."†
Chpt 1.8 *
- Bob obeyed with ostentatious reluctance.†
Chpt 5.2
- I am afraid there would have been a subtle, stealing gratification in her mind if she had known how entirely this saucy, defiant Stephen was occupied with her; how he was passing rapidly from a determination to treat her with ostentatious indifference to an irritating desire for some sign of inclination from her,—some interchange of subdued word or look with her.†
Chpt 6.7
Definition:
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(ostentatious) intended to attract notice and impress others -- especially with wealth in a vulgar way