showily Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner
    ostentatiously.
    • Mr Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at the U.N. general assembly
  2. adverb in a fancy colorful manner
    flamboyantly; flashily.
    • he dresses rather flamboyantly

WordNet


Show"i*ly adverb
Definitions
  1. In a showy manner; pompously; with parade.

Webster 1913