Both Uses
flagrant
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1776, by McCullough
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- If, as a young officer, he seemed at times flagrantly, unattractively ambitious, he had long since overcome that.†
p. 45.8 *flagrantly = in a manner that is obviously and outrageously bad
- The contrast between such disorder and flagrant disregard for authority and the perfectly orchestrated landing by Howe's troops could not have been more pronounced.†
p. 161.3flagrant = obviously and outrageously bad
Definitions:
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(1)
(flagrant) obviously and outrageously bad (in the sense of violating what is normally considered proper)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)