showily

[ shoh-uh-lee ]

/ ˈʃoʊ ə li /

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adverb

in a showy manner.

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Origin of showily

First recorded in 1780–90; showy + -ly

OTHER WORDS FROM showily

un·show·i·ly, adverb

Words nearby showily

showfolk, show geranium, show girl, showground, show house, showily, showiness, showing, showjumping, showman, showmanship

How to use showily in a sentence

Merklin is a picturesque, if battered, Bohemian who encircles himself somewhat showily with a halo of alleged mysticism.
Modernities|Horace Barnett Samuel
They walked arm-in-arm, showily enough, but without appearing to interchange a syllable.
Our Mutual Friend|Charles Dickens
A few of the women will probably carry babies, but the great majority will be young girls, showily dressed.
Women's Wild Oats|C. Gasquoine Hartley
All the books are beautifully though not showily bound, and they bear marks of assiduous reading.
Major Frank|A. L. G. Bosboom-Toussaint

The third was in Lowland dress, a bold, stout-looking man, in a showily laced riding-dress and a huge cocked hat.
Red Cap Tales|Samuel Rutherford Crockett