2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Ostentatious \Os`ten*ta"tious\, a. Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful. [1913 Webster] Far from being ostentatious of the good you do. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] The ostentatious professions of many years. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] -- {Os`ten*ta"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Os`ten*ta"tious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: ostentatiously adv : 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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