释义 |
[ shoh-uh-lee ] / ˈʃoʊ ə li / SEE SYNONYMS FOR showily ON THESAURUS.COM
Origin of showilyFirst recorded in 1780–90; showy + -ly OTHER WORDS FROM showilyun·show·i·ly, adverbWords nearby showilyshowfolk, show geranium, show girl, showground, show house, showily, showiness, showing, showjumping, showman, showmanship Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for showilyHe was young, handsome, showily dressed, and beyond question the person of whom Lael had complained. The Prince of India, Volume I|Lew. Wallace She was neatly but not showily dressed, and wore a little jewellery of a ten-years-back fashion. The Recipe for Diamonds|Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne The third was in Lowland dress, a bold, stout-looking man, in a showily laced riding-dress and a huge cocked hat. Red Cap Tales|Samuel Rutherford Crockett A few of the women will probably carry babies, but the great majority will be young girls, showily dressed. Women's Wild Oats|C. Gasquoine Hartley
The buzz of voices abated, and a bright-faced little woman, showily dressed, came forward and welcomed them with a marked accent.
Words related to showilypowerfully, aloud, emphatically, noisily, vehemently, vociferously, merrily, splendidly, brilliantly, cheerfully, colorfully, gleefully, joyfully, flamboyantly, obstreperously, cheaply, fully, obtrusively, ostentatiously, rudely |