Both Uses of
ostentatious
in
Billy Budd
- ...the official's self-possessed and somewhat ostentatious manner...
Chpt 18 *ostentatious = intended to attract notice and impress others
- And the more that some sort of trouble should really be apprehended the more do the officers keep that apprehension to themselves; tho' not the less unostentatious vigilance may be augmented.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(ostentatious) intended to attract notice and impress others -- especially with wealth in a vulgar way