showily

[ shoh-uh-lee ]

adverb

1. in a showy manner.

Other Words From

• un·showi·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of showily¹

First recorded in 1780–90; showy + -ly

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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

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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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Related Words

• brilliantly
• cheerfully
• colorfully
• flamboyantly
• gleefully
• joyfully
• merrily
• splendidly