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Grammar : Adv
Spell : fley-gruhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfleɪ grənt

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Origin :
  • c.1500, "resplendent," from Latin flagrantem (nominative flagrans) "burning, blazing, glowing," figuratively "glowing with passion, eager, vehement," present participle of flagrare "to burn, blaze, glow" from Latin root *flag-, corresponding to PIE *bhleg- "to shine, flash, burn" (cf. Greek phlegein "to burn, scorch," Latin fulgere "to shine"), from root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (see bleach (v.)). Sense of "glaringly offensive" first recorded 1706, probably from common legalese phrase in flagrante delicto "red-handed," literally "with the crime still blazing." Related: Flagrantly.
  • As in openly : adv honestly
Example sentences :
  • Just then, too, when the law had been so flagrantly outraged, its dignity must be asserted.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • What he was doing was flagrantly unlawful unless he charged her with some offence.
  • Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
  • If so, how was it possible for them to be so flagrantly inconsistent and unjust?
  • Extract from : « A Houseful of Girls » by Sarah Tytler
  • If her mother was excellent and common she was not common—not at least flagrantly so—and perhaps also not excellent.
  • Extract from : « The Patagonia » by Henry James
  • There was something in it that made it flagrantly insulting.
  • Extract from : « No Clue » by James Hay
  • He had a native wife, but he was flagrantly unfaithful to her.
  • Extract from : « The Trembling of a Leaf » by William Somerset Maugham
  • And—I hate to say so—but she treated him a little too flagrantly.
  • Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet
  • Some of the things he did were simply ridiculous and some were flagrantly impudent.
  • Extract from : « The Varmint » by Owen Johnson
  • Randall uses it flagrantly, the rest of us as a matter of course, all except Knudsen.
  • Extract from : « At Plattsburg » by Allen French
  • "They flagrantly call attention to betting on the races," he replied.
  • Extract from : « My Adventures with Your Money » by George Graham Rice

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