flashily

adverb

Definition of flashilynext
as in ostentatiously

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flashily
  1. ostentatiously
  2. gaudily
  3. garishly
  4. flamboyantly
  5. colorfully
  6. loud
  7. loudly
  8. brilliantly
Adverb
  • Bryan Fuller’s expressionistic procedural is ostentatiously gruesome, yes, but the increasingly disturbing interplay between Will and Hannibal — cat and mouse, will-they/won’t they — is a full course meal on its own.
    — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
  • In her closet were seven Ungaros, three Rykiels, a Kamali bathing suit and a Kamali sleeping-bag coat, five Kenzo dresses, two pieces from the Ballets Russes collection of Saint Laurent—all of which were trades or payments in kind, none of them mothballed, but instead worn ostentatiously and often.
    — Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
Definition of ostentatiously
Adverb
  • On our first morning, Sara and I woke to one of the roughly 300 days of sun that Taos receives each year—gaudily beautiful weather for the end of February.
    — Michael Paterniti, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2025
Definition of gaudily
Adverb
  • But where the exhibitions on Cribs were charmingly, sometimes garishly, idiosyncratic, today’s represent a subtler and often more generic version of taste.
    — Kim Hew-Low, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
Definition of garishly
Adverb
  • Sister Daphne belongs to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an LGBTQ+ group made up mostly of people who dress flamboyantly as nuns.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
  • The experience of the drink is composed, elegant even, a sophisticated push and pull subtlety and counterbalance, but the list of ingredients reads, to me, to be almost flamboyantly random.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 11 July 2026
Definition of flamboyantly
Adverb
  • The sitting room is painted in Farrow & Ball’s blush Setting Plaster and paired colorfully with a sage-green corduroy sofa and a chintz secondhand armchair.
    — Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Today, they are sold in colorfully catchy packaging in forms of powder, tablets, liquid shots, gummies, and even vapes.
    — David Manheim, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026
Definition of colorfully
Adverb
  • There’s another description of an older car that’s real loud.
    — Dateline NBC, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Every court now wrestling with preemption is really wrestling with that silence, and silence, at this volume, is a decision someone will eventually have to make out loud.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of loud
Adverb
  • Deep in the cornfields of northeast Iowa, a cacophony of voices loudly whispered to build a permanent baseball stadium.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • For the next few seconds, the only sound came from Julia eating way too loudly.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of loudly
Adverb
  • The long experience of the United States in self-reliance has been followed by global entanglements which, while often brilliantly managed, have brought enormous disappointment and frustration.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Villeneuve’s film is brilliantly structured and paced, taking its time to unravel a surprisingly creepy tale that is, in the end, a perfect emotional companion piece to Scott’s classic.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of brilliantly
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“Flashily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flashily. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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