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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : shoh-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃoʊ i |
Definition of showy
Origin :- 1712, from show (n.) + -y (2). Related: Showiness; showiness. Originally in a positive sense.
- adj flamboyant, flashy
- Pretty, odd and showy, but by no means as superb a flower as some of the others.
- Extract from : « The Mayflower, January, 1905 » by Various
- It was a cheap lot, cheap and showy, and it fetched jolly little.
- Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- It was flamboyant and showy; cheap, and tawdrily pretentious.
- Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
- Flowers irregular, showy, in large panicles; blooming in June.
- Extract from : « Trees of the Northern United States » by Austin C. Apgar
- Often cultivated for the showy clusters of berries in autumn.
- Extract from : « Trees of the Northern United States » by Austin C. Apgar
- Flowers large, showy, 5-parted (Hollyhock-shaped), in late summer.
- Extract from : « Trees of the Northern United States » by Austin C. Apgar
- The whole family offered a spectacle of gay and showy magnificence.
- Extract from : « Mayflower (Flor de mayo) » by Vicente Blasco Ibez
- There is always some one ready to exercise your horses, if they happen to be showy ones.
- Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
- The military seldom patronized it, because it was not showy enough.
- Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
- Alexander was quick-witted, talented, and showy, if I may use so barbarous a word.
- Extract from : « Paul Patoff » by F. Marion Crawford
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