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showily

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show·y  (sh)
adj. show·i·er, show·i·est
1. Making an imposing or aesthetically pleasing display; striking: showy flowers.
2. Displaying brilliance and virtuosity of ability or performance: a showy violin solo.
3. Marked by or prone to ostentatious, often tasteless display; flashy.

showi·ly adv.
showi·ness n.
Synonyms: showy, flamboyant, ostentatious, pretentious, splashy
These adjectives mean marked by a striking, often excessively conspicuous display: a showy rhinestone bracelet; an entertainer's flamboyant personality; an ostentatious sable coat; a pretentious scholarly edition; a splashy advertising campaign.
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Adv.1.showily - with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner; "Mr Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at the U.N. general assembly"
2.showily - in a fancy colorful manner; "he dresses rather flamboyantly"
Translations
showily [ˈʃəʊɪlɪ] ADVostentosamente
showily
advprotzig (inf); furnished also, producedbombastisch; behavetheatralisch; showily dressedaufgeputzt


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They walked arm-in-arm, showily enough, but without appearing to interchange a syllable.
For the girls she seemed anxious only to render them as superficially attractive and showily accomplished as they could possibly be made, without present trouble or discomfort to themselves; and I was to act accordingly--to study and strive to amuse and oblige, instruct, refine, and polish, with the least possible exertion on their part, and no exercise of authority on mine.
 
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