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Showily

Showily \Show"i*ly\, adv. In a showy manner; pompously; with parade.

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showily

adv. In a showy manner.

WordNet
showily
  1. adv. in an ostentatious manner; "Mr Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at the U.N. general assembly" [syn: ostentatiously, with ostentation]

  2. in a fancy colorful manner; "he dresses rather flamboyantly" [syn: flamboyantly, flashily]

Usage examples of "showily".

Ellinger followed her, buttoned up in a long furlined coat, showily befrogged down the front, with a glossy astrachan collar.

Is not a bunch of chrysanthemums a sort of take-it-or-leave-it declaration, boldly and showily made, an offer without discrimination, a tender without romance?