showily

Words with a similar base: showily

'showily'

[ostentatiously.r.01] as in: with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner

Examples:
Mr Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at the U.N.

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'showily'

[flamboyantly.r.01] as in: in a fancy colorful manner

Examples:
he dresses rather flamboyantly

Origins

					showily (English)
├── -ly (English)
│   ├── -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -ly (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── showy (English)
    ├── -y (English)
    │   └── -y (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── show (English)
        └── schewen (Middle English (1100-1500))

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