Both Uses of
ostentatious
in
David Copperfield
- He passed his hand complacently over his bald head, and said with ostentatious resignation: 'My dear, we will not anticipate the decrees of fortune.†
Chpt 34-36
- [The knife which] was about a foot long; and which he wiped, not wholly without ostentation, on the sleeve of his coat.
Chpt 55-57 *ostentation = intended to attract notice and impress others
Definition:
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(ostentatious) intended to attract notice and impress others -- especially with wealth in a vulgar way