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SHOWY

\ʃˈə͡ʊi], \ʃˈə‍ʊi], \ʃ_ˈəʊ_i]\

Definitions of SHOWY

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary

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elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"
marked by conspicuous display; "a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad"
marked by extravagant display

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"
marked by conspicuous display; "a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad"
marked by extravagant display

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Showiness.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Showiness.
Making a show: cutting a dash: ostentatious: gay.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Showiness.
Making a show; gaudy; gay; ostentatious.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Making a show; fine.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

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