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traditional, traditionalist, accustomed, conventional,
customary, conservative: The orthodox view is that he was
killed by an assassin acting on his own.
15.15 oscillate...
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oscillate v. fluctuate, vibrate, waver, see-saw, swing, sway; vacillate,
equivocate, shilly-shally, hem and haw, tergiversate: The
needle is oscillating between the 'Safe' and 'Danger' marks. I
wish he'd stop oscillating and make up his mind.
ostensibly
adv. outwardly, externally, superficially, patently,
ostensively, demonstrably, apparently, evidently, seemingly;
clearly, plainly, manifestly, conspicuously, obviously,
patently, noticeably, prominently: Ostensibly, he was visiting
his aunt, but we all know he went to see Stella.
ostentation
n. show, display, exhibition, exhibitionism, showing off,
pretension, pretentiousness, flaunting, flashiness, flourish,
flamboyance, parade, window-dressing: His clothes are elegant
without ostentation.
ostentatious
adj. showy, boastful, braggart, vaunting, vain, vainglorious,
flaunting, pretentious, flamboyant, theatrical, Colloq flash:
It's terribly ostentatious of Lady Penny to wear her diamond
tiara to the disco.
ostracize v. blackball, blacklist, banish, exile, boycott, isolate,
segregate, exclude, excommunicate, snub, shun, avoid, Chiefly
Brit send to Coventry, Colloq cut, cold-shoulder, give (someone)
the cold shoulder: Marcus has been ostracized at the club ever
since the court case.
15.16 otherwise
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otherwise adv. 1 if not, or else, under other circumstances, in another