showier; showiest
1
: making an attractive show : striking
a showy orchid
2
: given to or marked by a flashy often tasteless display
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Perhaps you should wear something a little less showy.
orchid plants are known for their huge showy flowers
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Rainy springtime walk in Central Park This is a showy couple with a penchant for theatrics.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
The operatic numbers are showy and gorgeous, with great costumes and production design.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
The trouble for the 17-year-old seemed likely to be that her number wasn’t nearly as showy and exciting as Aliyah and Austyns’ were.
—Charles Masson, TVLine, 25 Nov. 2024
Clad in leather pants with a swath of showy moves, hip swaying melodies abound in each song.
—Mars Salazar, Ramon Ramirez, Lily Kepner, Deborah Sengupta Stith, Caleb Yum, Keri Heath, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Oct. 2024
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
The operatic numbers are showy and gorgeous, with great costumes and production design.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
The trouble for the 17-year-old seemed likely to be that her number wasn’t nearly as showy and exciting as Aliyah and Austyns’ were.
—Charles Masson, TVLine, 25 Nov. 2024
Clad in leather pants with a swath of showy moves, hip swaying melodies abound in each song.
—Mars Salazar, Ramon Ramirez, Lily Kepner, Deborah Sengupta Stith, Caleb Yum, Keri Heath, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Oct. 2024
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“Showy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/showy. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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