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blatantly
[ bleyt-nt-lee ]
adverb
- in a shameless or conspicuous way; flagrantly:
While many of those workers are joining unions, many others are being blatantly ripped off.
- in a way that is tastelessly loud, garish, or obvious:
She dyes her hair blond, but leaves her dark brown roots blatantly visible.
Word History and Origins
Origin of blatantly1
Example Sentences
And while that is ultimately to the detriment of the rest of us, it is still cause for laughter because it is blatantly obvious and so extremely juvenile.
"If senior officials in the executive branch are allowed to blatantly ignore ethics laws without consequence, it decreases public trust in our institutions"
Lawyers make a choice when they refuse to reject blatantly unconstitutional aims of the neo-segregationist agenda and instead offer legal legitimacy to its work.
Why, when it comes to borders, do we accept policies that blatantly discriminate against people on the basis of where they were born?
Using the blatantly disingenuous pretext of "fighting anti-semitism," the school caved to Trump's demands to silence campus protests with threats of student discipline and even arrest.
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