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What does showy mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word showy? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (derogatory) calling attention; flashy; standing out to the eye
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All dainty and showy apparel is forbidden by the state of the atmosphere, and equally so is delicate upholstery within doors.
Wildflowers include miner's lettuce, lacepod, a buttercup, and the showy fiesta flower.
She seems quiet and reserved, carefully fingering the showy flowers with a wistful air of abstraction, lost in her own thoughts.
And then there are the usual green plants with red berries such as hollies and barberry, and old garden roses with showy hips.
She eyed him surreptitiously, noting the oddly showy silver watch chain peeking from his waistcoat pocket.
I noticed he was dressed in formality that night, forgoing his wonted loud, showy colors I normally saw him in.

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