showily
Example Sentences
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They’re expressive of their times without being showily edgy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
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
He was replaced by Mike Pompeo, whom Trump showily turned down for a job in the coming administration.
From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2025
Others, less showily, wore buttons proclaiming John Glenn “the New Frontier man of the year,” a nod to John F. Kennedy’s famous phrase.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 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
