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intended to attract notice and impress others — especially with wealth in a vulgar way
- Women who had ostentatiously crossed the street when they saw Belle coming, wondered if she remembered and trembled for fear she did.4.46 (27% in)
ostentatiously = in a showy way (in an attempt to attract notice)
- Scarlett had a suspicion that Rhett had gone to great pains to have the ring made up and, for pure meanness, had ordered it made as ostentatious as possible.4.47 (72% in)
- With the Republicans in the political saddle the town entered into an era of waste and ostentation, with the trappings of refinement thinly veneering the vice and vulgarity beneath.5.49 (81% in)
- He attended Democratic rallies and he ostentatiously voted the Democratic ticket.5.52 (46% in)
There are no more uses of "ostentatious" in Gone with the Wind.
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