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View synonyms for showily

showily

[ shoh-uh-lee ]

adverb

  1. in a showy manner.


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Other Words From

  • un·showi·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of showily1

First recorded in 1780–90; showy + -ly

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Example Sentences

Merklin is a picturesque, if battered, Bohemian who encircles himself somewhat showily with a halo of alleged mysticism.

They walked arm-in-arm, showily enough, but without appearing to interchange a syllable.

A few of the women will probably carry babies, but the great majority will be young girls, showily dressed.

All the books are beautifully though not showily bound, and they bear marks of assiduous reading.

The third was in Lowland dress, a bold, stout-looking man, in a showily laced riding-dress and a huge cocked hat.

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