viewy
Americanadjective
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having fanciful opinions or ideas; visionary
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characterized by ostentation; showy
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It may be as well to state more distinctly what a "view" is, what it is to be "viewy," and what is the state of those who have no "views."
From Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert by John Henry Newman
Some fine speech you were pondering, some knotty question, some viewy doctrine—not to be idle for a moment, to be making progress in philosophy, even on your way to the schools.
From Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2 by Walter Pater
That is, he was "viewy," in a bad sense of the word.
From Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert by John Henry Newman
Circumstances had enabled him to frequent a few studios, and his first letter to me from that city had been rather technical and "viewy."
From On the Stairs by Henry Blake Fuller
The Saint's Tragedy is a little "viewy" and fluent.
From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by George Saintsbury
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