Synonyms for blatantly


Grammar : Adj, adv
Spell : bleyt-nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbleɪt nt

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Antonyms for blatantly

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