Synonyms for flamboyantly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : flam-boi-uh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : flæmˈbɔɪ ənt |
Top 10 synonyms for flamboyantly
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for flamboyantly
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