showiness

The males’ showiness might help attract females, but their displays can draw the attention of cats, birds and other potential predators.

The result is a piece that is at once in your face and ephemeral, a classic royal family bit of showiness and nothingness.

Occasionally it’s pinch-hitting for substance, mere showiness with nothing behind it.

Cage might have preferred less showiness, but here they felt bigger than life, capable of moving a listener to tears.

A common belief is that native plants look messy or lack the showiness we crave in our gardens, but Rabourn says well-designed native gardens are just as dynamic and beautiful as conventional ones.