showily
Example Sentences
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Attorney General Pam Bondi showily gave them binders of "Epstein files," which proved to be just the already public information, because there isn't any more.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2025
Those who are showily canceling must surely be aware, thanks to their subscriptions, of the breadth and depth of the Post’s reporting.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2024
In this case, Buckley is cold on the lesser of the two watches, and showily unimpressed when Albert drops his price by $500: “Gee, thanks, boy, a whole $500,” he carps.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
Foster, so often cast as the villain, doesn’t go as showily over-the-top as he has in the past, but that’s scant consolation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
Then, as the train chugged along, suddenly Jiichan announced showily, “NOW you may each eat a cake! It is time!”
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
