blatantly

[ bleyt-nt-lee ]

adverb

1. in a shameless or conspicuous way; flagrantly:

   While many of those workers are joining unions, many others are being blatantly ripped off.

2. 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

blatant ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

The only problem: This is an elaborate two-part copycat that blatantly plagiarized the exact contents of earlier X posts that happened months before.

From Slate

We can expect him to use the office in blatantly transactional ways and be easily manipulated by opportunistic actors, foreign and domestic.

From Los Angeles Times

But one of them has run a ragged, undisciplined and often listless campaign, increasingly focused on blatantly false claims and hateful invective, and without the slightest pretense of “moderation” or unifying rhetoric.

From Salon

Nitish Pahwa, associate writer Who you are voting for this year: Kamala Harris Why: It’s a travesty that the criminal, hateful, coup-inciting, blatantly authoritarian Donald Trump could potentially return to office, this time surrounded only by administration loyalists.

From Slate

Soon afterward, Harris began blatantly calling Trump a fascist.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• brazenly
• candidly
• flagrantly
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• plainly
• publicly
• readily
• simply
• unabashedly
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• willingly