Antonyms for flamboyantly

Grammar : Adv

Spell : flam-boi-uh nt

Phonetic Transcription : flæmˈbɔɪ ənt

Definition of flamboyantly

Origin : 1832, first used of a 15c.-16c. architectural style with flame-like curves, from French flamboyant "flaming, wavy," present participle of flamboyer "to flame," from Old French flamboier (12c.), from flambe "flame," from flamble, variant of flamme, from Latin flammula (see flame (n.)). Extended sense of "showy, ornate" is 1879. Related: Flamboyantly.

As in pompously : adv pretentiously
As in gaily : adv happily, brightly

Example sentences :

For the next mile only the flamboyantly gorgeous or the flamboyantly simple beauty caught his overfed eye.
Extract from : « What Will People Say? » by Rupert Hughes

I could see the clean-cut features of the latter, and his gestures, strongly but not flamboyantly made.
Extract from : « The Way of a Man » by Emerson Hough

For one thing, King Yoorkerk's flamboyantly named regiments weren't quite as bad as Paula had thought.
Extract from : « Uller Uprising » by Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr

He had stood buoyantly expectant; he received it flamboyantly calm.
Extract from : « A Woman's Impression of the Philippines » by Mary H. (Mary Helen) Fee

A disposition to deny the student the right to reach conclusions in the laboratory,—or, as we flamboyantly say, to "generalize."
Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper

Young Lawyer Bourne placed Peleg in nomination, did so noisily, flamboyantly, with waving of arms and screaming of eagle.
Extract from : « Sudden Jim » by Clarence Budington Kelland

Synonyms for flamboyantly

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