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

As Cicero explains showily, he himself hesitates to directly order the banishment—because then, he says, not only would he appear cruel and tyrannical but Catiline’s coconspirators would still fester in the heart of the city.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith