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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ostentatious \Os'ten*ta"tious\, adjective Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful.
Far from being ostentatious of the good you do. --Dryden.
The ostentatious professions of many years. --Macaulay. -- {Os'ten*ta"tious*ly}, adverb -- {Os'ten*ta"tious*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ostentatiously
adverb: in an ostentatious manner; "Mr Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at the U.N. general assembly" [syn: {showily}, {with ostentation}]
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