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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
showily is an adverb meaning "with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner". It carries 2 recorded senses.
with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner
“Mr Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at the U.N. general assembly”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for showily come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.