[1780–90; showy + -ly]This word is first recorded in the period 1780–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: carbon, ego, fluff, seep, vampire bat-ly is a suffix forming adverbs from adjectives. Other words that use the affix -ly include: deeply, elliptically, residually
Examples of 'showily' in a sentence
showily
It was only later, seeing him less showily equipped, that Burnell realized he was no taller than average.
Aldiss, Brian SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
He was a workaholic but not showily so, a modest man who never point-scored.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Works best with a showily conservative tie (stripes with sheen) and deep collar.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Her doubters find her by turns obscure, tricksy, wilfully difficult, showily internationalist.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He was on the porch now, showily not watching, considering his job as done.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It's a flashy and showily ambitious piece of film-making.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
If only he'd been prepared to fight down the urge for the showily obvious.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
You can be arrested (often showily, with a dawn raid), publicly named and deprived of work and reputation.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In other hands it might have become showily symbolic, while in his it simply captured reality.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Instead of grounding the ball beside the posts, he showily ran towards the corner and touched down there.