showily
Example Sentences
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He was panting again, this time more showily.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2025
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
Three such titles this year are a heat-seeking troika that involve American notables who, after a period of relative domestic quiet, have showily returned to the international stage.
From New York Times • May 24, 2024
Then, as the train chugged along, suddenly Jiichan announced showily, “NOW you may each eat a cake! It is time!”
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.