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More intriguing is the Mag Surf, developed by people in white coats with pockets ostentatiously festooned with pens, which is based on excitingly Back to the Future-type things such as superconductors, and flux tubes.
"Looking for something fishy, something nice and slippery, gringa?" A mountainous woman, her arms elbow-deep in a basket of prawns, sniffed her fingers ostentatiously as I made my way between the overflowing food stalls in the crowded market.
In the runup to last week's vote it ostentatiously consulted the Council of Europe's Venice commission, whose jurists are supposed to protect and promote the rule of law in Europe – except that the commission's experts never really got to see the whole constitution and subsequently expressed deep doubts about the project.
Moral: Ostentatiously clean living is not always the way ahead.
(Irish wolfhound, of course: la-di-dah, but not ostentatiously so).
Dealing with international criticism, particularly from the US, that Britain was guilty of degrading treatment of internees, Mason ostentatiously insisted on the security forces using legitimate questioning methods.
Alexander, who ostentatiously and frequently broke his vow of celibacy, ensured Cesare became a bishop when he was just 15 and a cardinal when he was 18. Cesare became a politician and a warlord, and was suspected of the murders of several members of his own family.
The officer corps, for instance, has its own privileged networks of farms, factories, schools, shops and ostentatiously smart clubs.
The woman from the preachy daily and the man from the Post's broadsheet stablemate, who everyone knew were having an affair, were chatting to each other at an ostentatiously safe distance.
Unlike many stars, Mr Rajkumar has not trifled with the affections of his public by living ostentatiously or entering politics.
Spaniards in this age-group ostentatiously rejected the authoritarianism of their upbringing both in their family lives and in a wider political context yet had subconciously absorbed it and often unwittingly recreated it.Mr Perez-Diaz places ultimate responsibility for safeguarding Spain's democratic development on private citizens, not politicians.
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The adverb "ostentatiously " primarily functions to modify verbs, adverbs, or adjectives, indicating the manner in which an action is performed or a quality is displayed. It adds a layer of meaning that suggests the action or quality is done or shown in a conspicuous and often pretentious way. Ludwig AI confirms this with numerous examples where "ostentatiously" modifies verbs to highlight the showy nature of the action.
Expression frequency: Very common
