showily

Thân thiện

He wears his new suit rather showily to the party.

Definition

Adverb: 1. In a showy, flashy, or gaudy manner: Characterized by being designed to attract attention through being bright, colorful, or excessively elaborate. 2. With ostentation; in an ostentatious manner: Done in a way that is intended to impress others by displaying wealth, status, or success conspicuously.

Usage and Examples

• Describing appearance or dress:
  • She decorated the room showily with bright pink curtains and gold trimmings.
  • He tends to dress showily, favoring expensive, attention-grabbing suits.
• Describing behavior or display:
  • The celebrity arrived showily, making sure all cameras were on her.
  • The mansion's gates were showily ornate, leaving no doubt about the owner's wealth.

Advanced Usage and Nuance

• Connotation: The word often carries a slightly negative or critical connotation, suggesting a lack of taste, subtlety, or genuine substance. It implies that the showiness is superficial or intended to mask something.
  • The argument was won not with substance but showily, through loud rhetoric and grand gestures.
• "Showily" vs. "Elegantly": While both can describe striking appearances, "showily" suggests excess and a desire for attention, whereas "elegantly" suggests refined, tasteful beauty.

Variants and Related Words

• Showy (adjective): Attracting a lot of attention by being very bright, colorful, or extravagant.
  • The flowers were beautiful but too showy for her minimalist taste.
• Ostentatious (adjective): Characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice.
  • Their ostentatious charity gala was more about social status than philanthropy.

Synonyms

• Flashily
• Garishly
• Gaudily
• Flamboyantly (as in the reference context: "he dresses rather flamboyantly")
• Ostentatiously (as in the reference context: "with ostentation")

Antonyms

• Plainly
• Simply
• Modestly
• Unobtrusively
• Subtly

Idiomatic Expressions and Phrases

• To live showily: To live in a conspicuously lavish and extravagant way.
  • After winning the lottery, they began to live showily, buying multiple sports cars.
• Showily displayed: Presented or arranged in a very conspicuous manner.
  • The awards were showily displayed in the front lobby for all visitors to see.

Học thuật

Adverb

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• flamboyantly
• flashily
• ostentatiously