Sentence:  To find the reporters hammering at their doors, so to speak, and fended off only for a time by a proposal that they should call again; to see their incredible secret <WSD>glaringly</WSD> in print, did indeed for a moment seem a hopeless exposure to both the Buntings and the Sea Lady. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  So as to be highly visible or obvious; so as to attract notice or attention.