adjective
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gaudy, flashy, or ostentatious
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making a brilliant or imposing display
Related Words
Other Word Forms
- showily adverb
- showiness noun
- unshowy adjective
Etymology
Origin of showy
Example Sentences
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Mr. Ehnes gave it fresh life in a reflective reading generally shorn of showy gestures.
I thought briefly about making a stovetop quick jam to swirl through the batter — dramatic, showy — but that felt like inviting too much liquid chaos into the mix.
From Salon
The segment is easily the film’s showiest, Bi’s camera snaking through streets and darting into different buildings.
From Los Angeles Times
At the same time, the show reminds us of the showy excesses of the period, and that artists’ embrace of them rarely paid off.
Everything in that seemingly spur-of-the-moment scene would have had to have been carefully arranged, which is why it comes off as clumsily showy rather than truly delightful.
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