viewy
Americanadjective
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having fanciful opinions or ideas; visionary
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characterized by ostentation; showy
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After this, for those who are going to write at all, comes the "viewy" stage, and this is full of interest.
From The Education of Catholic Girls by Janet Erskine Stuart
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
The Saint's Tragedy is a little "viewy" and fluent.
From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by George Saintsbury
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
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