Antonyms for blatantly
| Grammar : Adj, adv |
| Spell : bleyt-nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbleɪt nt |
Definition of blatantly
Origin :- 1596, in blatant beast, coined by Edmund Spenser in "The Faerie Queen" to describe a thousand-tongued monster representing slander; probably suggested by Latin blatire "to babble." It entered general use 1650s, as "noisy in an offensive and vulgar way;" the sense of "obvious, glaringly conspicuous" is from 1889. Related: Blatantly.
- As in red-handed : adj caught in the act
- As in red-handed : adj in the act of committing crime
- As in openly : adv honestly
- As in loudly : adv audibly
- Worth even more therefore than what Bender so blatantly offers.
- Extract from : « The Outcry » by Henry James
- Then we can go from one to another and not advertise our presence so blatantly.
- Extract from : « The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers » by Claude A. Labelle
- You said that if they could ever see you again it would make it too blatantly a fake.
- Extract from : « Adrienne Toner » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
- Weiller and Norah were blatantly vulgar and intent on impressing their host.
- Extract from : « Anthony Trent, Master Criminal » by Wyndham Martyn
- At least she would not advertise the obvious horror of her own name so blatantly.
- Extract from : « The Vanity Girl » by Compton Mackenzie
- Most of the West is buoyantly youthful, some of it blatantly boyish.
- Extract from : « In the Oregon Country » by George Palmer Putnam
- Fifty years ago we were blatantly worse than you are to-day.
- Extract from : « Ancestors » by Gertrude Atherton
- Not blatantly loud and shrill, but very mellow and rich-toned.
- Extract from : « A Maid of the Kentucky Hills » by Edwin Carlile Litsey
- They want the practical, the blatantly obvious, spiced with a little emotion.
- Extract from : « The Half-Hearted » by John Buchan
- "Our money may have been made a little—well, blatantly," said Hal, flushing.
- Extract from : « The Clarion » by Samuel Hopkins Adams
Synonyms for blatantly
- aboveboard
- aloud
- articulately
- artlessly
- blatantly
- boorishly
- brazenly
- candidly
- caught
- cheaply
- conspicuously
- crashingly
- deafeningly
- ear-splittingly
- emphatically
- face to face
- flagrantly
- forthrightly
- frankly
- fully
- garishly
- gaudily
- guilty
- honestly
- in a compromising position
- in broad daylight
- in flagrante delicto
- in full view
- in public
- in the open
- ingenuously
- naively
- naturally
- noisily
- obstreperously
- obtrusively
- openly
- ostentatiously
- piercingly
- plainly
- powerfully
- publicly
- readily
- resonantly
- resounding
- ringingly
- rudely
- shamelessly
- showily
- shrilly
- simply
- straight
- tastelessly
- tawdrily
- theatrically
- thunderingly
- unabashedly
- unashamedly
- under one's nose
- unhesitatingly
- unreservedly
- uproariously
- vehemently
- vociferously
- vulgarly
- wantonly
- warts and all
- willingly
- without pretense
- without reserve
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