flamboyant
adjective
strikingly bold or brilliant; showy.
flamboyantly
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a word derived from
flamboyant.
Example Sentences
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When O'Reilly broke the deadlock, he leapt high, punching the air flamboyantly before jumping on to an advertising hoarding with a flying kick.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
He crosses one flamboyantly shod foot over another on his desk with churlish satisfaction and takes a deep draw on his cigar.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2025
“Many accounts of the wreck of the Bronx may have placed too much stress on Moses because he was so flamboyantly vicious,” he wrote later.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2024
Former Gov. Jerry Brown tried three times to gain the Democratic nod and failed, mostly miserably but always flamboyantly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2024
After the February defeat, Alice Paul and the suffragists continued to protest, but not as consistently or flamboyantly.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
