showily

In gaudy fashion

In a showy manner—with flashy, attention-grabbing display: She dressed showily for the party, The peacock strutted showily across the lawn.

The word often carries a hint of excess or trying too hard.

flamboyant

flashily

In showy manner

swankily · vibrantly · vividly · colorfully · strikingly · spectacularly · theatrically · dramatically · brilliantly · radiantly

gaudy

gaudily

Showily, tastelessly bright

tastelessly · vulgarly · loudly · brassily · tawdrily · chintzily · trashily · jarringly · luridly · crudely

ostentatious

ostentatiously

In a showy manner

swaggeringly · self-importantly · conspicuously · proudly · egotistically · brazenly · performatively · ceremoniously

affected

affectedly

With artificial manner

conceitedly · smugly · priggishly · preciously · artificially · mannered · stiltedly · fussily · prissily

extravagant

lavishly

With excessive generosity

grandiosely · magnificently · resplendently · splendidly · palatially · regally · richly · decadently · elaborately · impressively

Opposites
display and ostentation

showilysubtly

With quiet nuance

modestly · inconspicuously · unpretentiously · unobtrusively · plainly

Phrases
Family

showing, showiness, showiest, showier

Familiarity
Top 50,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G