blatantly
blatantly Lexical Profile
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• adverb
In an open, unashamed, and brazen manner, especially regarding offensive, dishonest, or improper behavior.
"The company blatantly ignored environmental regulations by dumping waste into the river."
Completely and unmistakably; in a way that is impossible to overlook.
"It became blatantly obvious that the two witnesses had rehearsed their stories beforehand."
Word Nuance & Usage
"Blatantly" and "flagrantly" are often used interchangeably to describe shameless misconduct, though "flagrantly" implies a more deliberate and shocking defiance of laws or norms, while "blatantly" can also serve as a general intensifier meaning "obviously" (e.g., "blatantly false").
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the adjective "blatant," which was coined in 1596 by the poet Edmund Spenser in "The Faerie Queene" to describe a thousand-tongued monster representing slander, likely inspired by the Latin "blaterare" (to babble) or the Scottish "blate" (to bleat).