showily
adverb
in a showy manner.
unshowily
-
a word derived from
showily.
Example Sentences
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As for Reyes’ authorial output, she compares him to the late Chicago film critic Roger Ebert, who fashioned a Pulitzer Prize-winning style that was unshowily erudite and went down smooth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
Baryshnikov, possessed of such expressive grace, conveys all of this unshowily.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
Rondeau ornamented it so elaborately — though, still, so unshowily — that it felt like yet another variation.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
Common Law, with its storylines moving forward in broad strokes and an airiness in its exposition,does not demand too much of you or of anyone, beyond its own efficient technicians and unshowily inventive actors.
From Slate ● May 11, 2012
He spends a distressing amount of time at the back of the stage, unshowily keeping time, because there was supposed to be a fourth, official drummer here as well.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 16, 2011
