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

It also allows Miller to give the kind of showily effective double-trouble performance that, whatever you think of it, resists the generally flattening, blandifying effects of the superhero template.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2023

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

Everett was showily classical, but Lincoln’s classicism purrs powerfully under the hood.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith