flaunt
verb (used without object)
to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly.
flauntingly
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a word derived from
flaunt.
Example Sentences
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Allusive or discursive speech scared him like indecency; and I had used his gem but as a peg whereon flauntingly to hang it.
From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by William John Locke
So he crossed the borders flauntingly, and marched towards the heart of the unknown.
From The White Peacock by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
One of these, differing from the rest in its more modern construction, is a spacious hotel that holds itself proudly erect, and from its summit the gay flag of my country floats flauntingly.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 by Various
He giveth as his own what has been said before, Transplanted! the whole world into his tedious lore; And proudly decketh he his prey with borrowed plumes, Then flauntingly that this is poetry assumes.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 by Various
To Kathryn, it was a red, red rose to be worn flauntingly upon the apex of her Sunday hat.
From The Brentons by Wilson C. Dexter
