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Definition
intended to attract notice and impress others — especially with wealth in a vulgar way
- Freeman darted in behind them, and a moment later darted out again and came ostentatiously sneaking, smiling joyfully, back to Hodge.13 — Nah ist—und schwer zu fassen der Gott (63% in)
- Leaving no tip—he never left tips except to impress—he carried his restaurant check to the ornate, ostentatiously large black cash-register, long obsolete but still very grand, counted out the exact change, and went out to the street without a word.14 — The Wilderness (59% in)
There are no more uses of "ostentatious" in The Sunlight Dialogues.
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