showily

[shoh-uh-lee]

adverb

1. in a showy manner.

Other Word Forms

• unshowily adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of showily¹

First recorded in 1780–90; showy + -ly

Example Sentences

The showily exoticized wallpaper, sold throughout Europe and in North America by celebrated manufacturer Joseph Dufour, was the culmination of Western public fascination with British Royal Navy Capt. James Cook’s three voyages to the Pacific.

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He was panting again, this time more showily.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi showily gave them binders of "Epstein files," which proved to be just the already public information, because there isn't any more.

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Exhibit #1 of how Musk is bad at this: At a Trump victory rally in January, Musk showily threw two hand gestures that are physically and psychically indistinguishable from the infamous Nazi salute.

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Three such titles this year are a heat-seeking troika that involve American notables who, after a period of relative domestic quiet, have showily returned to the international stage.

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