Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a showy manner; pompously; with parade.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a showy manner; pompously; with parade.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a showy manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner
  • adverb in a fancy colorful manner

Etymologies

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showy +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • But historically, there has usually been a niche in the Democratic primary field for a candidate who adopts a showily standoffish position towards labor.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Clinton Economy 2009

  • In 2008, Obama was inarguably the Democratic candidate who took the showily standoffish position towards labor, both organized and unorganized.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Clinton Economy 2009

  • (Costume designer Reggie Ray has a field day with Pauletta's showily chic outfits.)

    Theater review of 'Sanctified' at the Lincoln Theatre Celia Wren 2010

  • After the meal, Madam Ma made a point of showily detouring around Rose, who was playing on the floor.

    Beard 2010

  • Senate candidate Rob Simmons right before he lost the state GOP convention's endorsement to Linda McMahon, got back in the game this week by showily calling for Sarah Palin to endorse Simmons.

    Where have you gone, Rob Simmons? The Conn. GOP turns its lonely eyes to you 2010

  • It was my only taste in life of what it felt like to be a very smart student, one of those people who breezes through tests and spends the rest of the exam hour slouching showily at her desk while the other students toil away, one eye on the enemy, the ever-ticking clock.

    In the Fullness of Time Emily W. Upham 2010

  • Throughout the speech the president gestured showily, distractingly, with his hands.

    A Snakebit President 2010

  • Four feet away, Rich Seubert showily circled his arms around an imagined Mr. Andrews.

    Even Reshuffled, Giants Aditi Kinkhabwala 2010

  • A tall, broad-shouldered brunette with a taste in clothes that is a cross between tailored elegance and earth mother, she is commanding, almost showily confident.

    THE HUSBANDS AND WIVES CLUB LAURIE ABRAHAM 2010

  • It trivializes his alleged crimes to showily spew inane jargon, especially when nothing else is included in the presentation.

    Jeff Norman: Confronting Rumsfeld 2009

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