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Definition
easily noticed — typically attracting attention such as by being large, flashy, or unusual
- He felt that it made them conspicuous and gave people a chance to talk about them.1.3 — Part 1 Chapter 3 (93% in)
- The table was set for company in the dining-room, where highly varnished wood and colored glass and useless pieces of china were conspicuous enough to satisfy the standards of the new prosperity.2.3 — Part 2 Chapter 3 (2% in)
- When the supper bell rang and the boys came trooping in to get seats at the first table, she forgot all about her annoyance and ran to greet the tallest of the crowd, in his conspicuous attire.4.1 — Part 4 Chapter 1 (37% in)
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