Both Uses of
ostentatious
in
Pride and Prejudice
- But to be candid without ostentation or design—to take the good of everybody's character and make it still better, and say nothing of the bad—belongs to you alone.†
p. 17.0ostentation = actions intended to attract notice and impress others
- They were then, with no other delay than his pointing out the neatness of the entrance, taken into the house; and as soon as they were in the parlour, he welcomed them a second time, with ostentatious formality to his humble abode,
p. 153.9 *ostentatious = intended to impress others
Definition:
intended to attract notice and impress others -- especially with wealth in a vulgar way