showy
adjective
making an imposing display.
unshowy
-
a word derived from
showy.
Example Sentences
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It was a throwaway line in a long conversation, delivered with the dry, unshowy confidence he brought to everything.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Yet the way she presented herself stayed largely unchanged - restrained, unshowy, and less interested in spectacle.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
It’s an evolving boyhood, framed with unshowy elegance by cinematographer Karl Walter Lindenlaub against the island’s flat, grassy, weather-rich horizons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
To her credit, Ms. Romvari directs with self-assured but unshowy inventiveness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
In almost all English histories dealing with this period his steadiness and solid unshowy qualities are contrasted with Essex's flightiness and failure, to the natural disadvantage of the latter.
From The Story of Ireland by Emily Lawless
