Results for showy
Definitions of showy:
part of speech: noun
part of speech: adjective
part of speech: adverb
Showily.
part of speech: adjective
Making a show: cutting a dash: ostentatious: gay.
Usage examples for showy:
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It may be in some measure ascribed to fortune, but still more to those showy qualities which form a sort of substitute for mental talent, and which secured his popularity with the vulgar.
"History-of-the-Conquest-of-Peru-with-a-preliminary-view-of-the-civilization-of-the-Incas", Prescott, William Hickling -
She's caught a glimpse of a little group over by the front door, and she wants to make a showy entrance.
"On With Torchy", Sewell Ford -
At the most, it was very showy having apparently been selected with a view to attracting as much attention as possible.
"Baron Trigault's Vengeance Volume 2 (of 2)", Emile Gaboriau -
Servants in showy livery, and out- riders proudly mounted, invest the spectacle with a degree of grandeur, beneath which the imagination of a child sinks exhausted.
"Madame Roland, Makers of History", John S. C. Abbott