Definitions for showily

showily show·i·ly

Spelling: [shoh-uh-lee]
IPA: /ˈʃoʊ ə li/

Showily is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 107 anagrams from letters in showily (hiloswy).

Definitions for showily

adverb

  1. in a showy manner.

Origin of showily

First recorded in 1780-90; showy + -ly

Examples for showily

He was proud of his strength, and showily fearless in danger.

They walked arm-in-arm, showily enough, but without appearing to interchange a syllable.

He is showily dressed, with a vast expanse of cravat and waistcoat.

She was neatly but not showily dressed, and wore a little jewellery of a ten-years-back fashion.

His showily arranged mercy captivated the unthinking multitude.

He was young, handsome, showily dressed, and beyond question the person of whom Lael had complained.

His sister Hrefna was there also, and was dressed most showily.

As for the sailor, we have perhaps never had so showily dressed a gentleman in our parts.

It was a huge, ornate place, showily furnished and glaring with lights.

I think that no other Senate House is so shapely as this one, or so richly and showily decorated.

Word Value for showily
Scrable

16

Words with friends

15

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