单词 | showily |
例句 | Everett was showily classical, but Lincoln’s classicism purrs powerfully under the hood. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Then, as the train chugged along, suddenly Jiichan announced showily, “NOW you may each eat a cake! It is time!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Evan guffawed showily and said, “Dude...” into a closed fist that he held in front of his mouth. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Amid his several showily blustering gestures, this one is scarcely noticeable. Review: ‘Romeo + Juliet,’ a Movielike Ballet in Need of Better Direction 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z There’s an extended set piece in which Ethan and Max play tennis, grunting so showily that it drives their neighbors on the court batty, which is often the experience of watching. Review: With Grating ‘Friends From College,’ Who Needs Enemies? 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z In an earlier nonfiction book, “Lost in the Meritocracy,” he described his turbulent love-hate relationship with the showily patrician types he met at Princeton. Books of The Times: Walter Kirn’s Memoir About Befriending a Fraud 2014-03-17T21:29:53Z In a more odious incident, one woman does a showily driven solo, ending with her standing, head thrown back. Dance Review: A Physical Choreography, Turning Women Into Targets 2010-12-16T23:06:06Z She didn’t showily “act” the arias, but subtle shifts of her face and attitude conveyed a sense of character. Review: At Carnegie, Going Beyond the Rapid-Fire Vivaldi 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z I greatly fear that the single answer to all of them is that, in the way that bad actors show us Acting, Mr. Wheeldon is showily showing us Choreography: display without substance. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Revisits Three Works 2012-06-01T22:46:12Z Rather than showily seek understanding, the composer simply continues, doing what he knows how to do best, which is write bountiful music in his voice. Seeking an inner light amid darkness of Dvorak's Stabat Mater 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z In January 1963 Wallace pledged “segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever,” and in June of that year he showily attempted to block federal officials seeking to desegregate the University of Alabama. What the Tumultuous Year 1968 Can Teach Us About Today 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z Shot in restrained, wide-screen black-and-white, it is neither floridly melodramatic nor showily minimalist. | 'Polytechnique': A Fictional Killer of Women Who Is All Too Familiar 2011-06-28T22:27:56Z One is to be horrified, disgusted or showily contemptuous. The Human Centipede is cosmic slapstick 2010-08-29T21:30:00Z During their one big night on the town, they come to realize that their classmates’ showily deceptive or brazenly indifferent public personae are reflections of ambitions and desires, fears and vulnerabilities. “Booksmart,” Reviewed: Olivia Wilde’s Toothless Teen Comedy 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z In what became characteristic in her role as senior correspondent on “The Daily Show,” Bee matches Flynn’s ignorance with her own showily feigned idiocy. Samantha Bee’s wake-up call to the left: “Full Frontal” is a desperately needed slap in the face 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z The movie’s long takes, far from intensifying the experience of war, trivialize it; the effect isn’t one of artistic imagination expanded by technique but of convention showily tweaked. The Beauty of Sam Mendes’s “1917” Comes at a Cost 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z There are no blood clots of showily displayed research to block this novel’s arteries. In ‘Godsend,’ an Idealistic Young Woman Gets Tangled Up in Trouble in Afghanistan 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Everything was showily chic, nothing more so than the choreography. Dance Review: At Royal Ballet, Debuts by Liam Scarlett and Wayne McGregor 2012-04-06T22:17:43Z The woman’s showily sustained backbends seem to invite her partner to manhandle her; he duly obliges, and occasionally she gets him back by tugging him down to the floor. Talking About Love, Demonstrating Violence 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z A showily thorough disinfection regimen — like wiping door handles every 30 minutes — could reinforce the idea that surface transmission is how people should be worried about getting sick. Deep cleans and disinfecting mists might not keep us from getting the virus, but they sure make us feel better 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z It’s a donation that suits Sia’s persona perfectly: Both shunning the sort of spotlight that a donation of her time or artwork might attract, but doing so showily. Sia Is Auctioning Off a Jar of Her Breath 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Ferguson, until the end, would ritually begin an interview by showily tearing up his note cards. On 'The Late Late Show,' Craig Ferguson became best host on TV 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z To that end, she is exploiting the medium as a place to wax chatty and showily candid about her own and her readers’ body image issues. The Captionfluencers 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z One high-profile dresser showily rushed backstage at the Oscars to adjust the hem of a dress styled by a competitor. Hollywood?s Power Stylists 2012-01-13T22:05:14Z And Mr. Andrés is thinking about “the theater of hand-pulled noodles,” he said, referring to the noodles kneaded so showily in restaurants in Xian and Beijing. A Vegas Wedding for China and Mexico, Under the Chef Jos? Andr?s 2010-10-13T04:15:00Z Bravura steps are casually rather than showily delivered. Review: American Ballet Theater’s Opening Gala 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z It was littered on a recent visit with yellowing back issues of the magazine, a carton of Slim Aarons’s society photographs and a stray copy of The Paris Review showily propped on his desk. Up Close: Town & Country Man Eases Into His New Home 2011-07-13T20:41:53Z He sat on a platform as if on a throne, wielding a towel, which he showily draped over his head as Kiri Te Kanawa sang Desdemona’s “Willow Song” and “Ave Maria.” Critic?s Notebook: More Drama for an Opera, Not All of It From the Singers 2011-04-14T22:02:56Z So this long, showily impressive book never becomes the great, enveloping read it looks like from afar. Review: In Reif Larsen’s ‘I Am Radar,’ an Odyssey of Exploding Particles 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Of course her treasured husband, Prince Albert, would be represented; Victoria had spent much of her life draped in black, showily mourning his death. Review: ‘Victoria the Queen’ Delves Into Her Epic Reign 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z All the dancing is flashy; all the characters find a way to advertise themselves to us, showily. Dance Review: ‘The Tempest Replica,’ From Kidd Pivot at the Joyce 2012-11-29T22:27:36Z If Lawrence’s contemporary and near-parallel in the music world is Taylor Swift, perhaps Red Sparrow is her showily abrasive Look What You Made Me Do. Jennifer Lawrence: the fascinating subversion of Hollywood's sweetheart 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z The auctioneer announced, “One million,” and held up his gavel showily. Voyages: The Istanbul Art-Boom Bubble 2012-02-10T17:20:36Z A few dance ideas — the sway on one leg before the transferral of weight to the other, the pass-the-partner-this-way-then-the-other move — are showily reiterated. Review: A Program of Premieres by Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Typically, the Appassionata is a chance for a pianist to wallow showily in anguish. Review: Lang Lang packed some pyrotechnics along for Benaroya 2011-01-08T21:06:04Z McCarthy had showily given Carlson access to previously unreleased footage of the Capitol riot, no doubt with the full understanding that Carlson would put out flat-out lies about what happened that day. Kevin McCarthy won't let House Republicans "move on" from January 6 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z What matters is the symbolism of using footage that McCarthy very showily granted him. Everyone knows Tucker Carlson lies about Jan. 6 — what matters is the GOP now blesses his narrative 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z And when Page showily holds aloft the proclamations dividing Lear’s kingdom, you’re reminded of the hubris of another recent leader, seated behind the Oval Office desk grandiosely doing the same. Review | This ‘King Lear’ might be the best our theater critic has ever seen 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z In this case, Buckley is cold on the lesser of the two watches, and showily unimpressed when Albert drops his price by $500: “Gee, thanks, boy, a whole $500,” he carps. The Unlikely New TikTok Influencers: Old-School Watch Dealers 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Foster, so often cast as the villain, doesn’t go as showily over-the-top as he has in the past, but that’s scant consolation. Review: 'Emancipation,' with Will Smith, struggles to do its real-life survival story justice 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Saul and Caprice are an avant-garde power couple, and their all-consuming commitment to their work has earned them no shortage of loyal fans, showily self-mutilating rivals and awestruck groupies. Review: Surgery, sex and superfluous human organs converge in David Cronenberg's 'Crimes of the Future' 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Others, less showily, wore buttons proclaiming John Glenn “the New Frontier man of the year,” a nod to John F. Kennedy’s famous phrase. Opinion | Don’t Cede the Space Race to China and the Billionaires 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z But I'm not so sure that the main avenue that the protest has taken — people showily unsubscribing from Spotify — is really about that, especially since this boycott is unlikely to work. Stop feeding Joe Rogan's trolls: Progressives must reclaim the politics of pleasure 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Matt Gaetz of Florida, Madison Cawthorne of North Carolina, and Paul Gosar of Arizona — all Republicans more interested in trolling than governance — made showily public offers of an internship to Rittenhouse. The line between right-wing trolling and violence is collapsing 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z The vast majority of their co-workers, far less showily, will have gone off and done the shielding work for them. Forget the Wazzu football coach and the other spectacles — the vaccine mandates are working 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z So terrorism is violence, usually of the showily public sort, committed to achieve a political end. From 9/11 to 1/6: What does "terrorism" look like? 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z A showily thorough disinfection regimen – like wiping door handles every 30 minutes – could reinforce the idea that surface transmission is how people should be worried about getting sick. Deep cleans and disinfecting mists might not keep us from getting the virus, but they sure make us feel better 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z That ought to help with morale, and may discourage other brands from showily, temporarily pulling their advertisements. Content moderation issues are taking center stage in the presidential election campaign 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z So he showily refuses to wear a mask in public, inflames protests against stay-at-home orders and whines in public that coronavirus testing makes him "look bad" by recording the spread of the virus. Trump's moronic war on masks is working — with his base. Will the whole nation pay the price? 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z Hellboy here comes across like a WWE wrestling heel — sullen, glowering, showily simplistic, and maybe ripe for a moral turnaround, but not until the film has wrung every possible fight sequence out of him. 2019’s Hellboy is a death-metal cover of Guillermo del Toro’s work 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z It contends that the more showily homophobic a Vatican official is, the more likely he belongs to that crowd, and that the higher up the chain of command you go, the more gays you find. Opinion | The Vatican’s Gay Overlords 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z More than a week has passed since Trump showily signed an order saying that his administration would stop its policy of separating families apprehended crossing the border illegally. Republican tenacity, focus and luck have cemented a conservative majority on the Supreme Court 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Danish brand REC Watches goes further, showily producing timepieces using recycled car parts; its “P-51” features a dial fashioned from metal that once clad a 1960s Ford Mustang. Why Watch Guys Are Often Car Guys, Too 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Some critics weren’t taken with Redford’s film from the get-go, or with Moore’s showily unshowy transformation. Mary Tyler Moore on film: In 'Ordinary People,' an extraordinary transformation 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z During the down-home numbers, he turned his back to the crowd and waved his hands in the direction of the singers, a slightly comic invocation of the Baptist choir director’s showily precise control. How Kirk Franklin Is Pushing the Boundaries of Gospel 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z The first episode features overwrought sequences of doomed love, as the camera peeks showily through spiral bannisters; the second is when things get good. Six Episodes of Sinister 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Companies like Apple and Microsoft seem to smell blood in the water, and are showily promoting tools they built for you to import your notes for Evernote. Evernote's new CEO on the company's critics: 'I love to be underestimated' 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z At Indiana, though, the students in his freshman dorm and in his freshman classes weren’t as uniformly poised and showily gifted as the New Trier kids had been, and his self-image went through a transformation. "Where You Go is Not Who You'll Be" Excerpt by Frank Bruni 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z At Indiana, though, the students weren’t as showily gifted as the New Trier kids had been, and his self-image went through a transformation. Accepted to college? Rejected? Relax 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z After the visit, China showily gave a pair of pandas — Hsing Hsing and Ling Ling — to the National Zoo, which Pat Nixon personally accepted. China woos Michelle Obama with panda diplomacy 2014-03-26T12:37:00Z He seemed to be a great talker, was very commonplace, dressed nicely but not showily. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z He seemed showily dressed till you looked to particulars, and then it seemed only a simple thing, well fitted to a very magnificent person. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Keep his head high, keep him moving as showily as you can. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z She was showily dressed, and had a profusion of glaring jewellery scattered about her person, and she was talking fast, and laughing in a loud, defiant sort of way. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z His showily arranged mercy captivated the unthinking multitude. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z Diamonds and precious stones are very common in this country, and a certain class seem to carry a large share of their worldly possessions showily displayed upon their persons. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The boat, which was a very showily painted one, evidently quite new, was deeply laden, and in one place a part of a glistening black tarpaulin trailed in the water. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z What the Rev. T. W. Webb says of telescopes is equally true of opera-glasses: "Inferior articles may be showily got up, and the outside must go for nothing." Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z The finding out and engaging a girl that might enact the character of lady's-maid showily and cheaply, was the most important thing still left to be done before they quitted Silverton. The Widow Barnaby Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:16.980Z It was showily gilded, and had several little doors and windows in it. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z He made his mount pivot showily on his hocks and drew bridle beside her. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z The second carriage now drove up; two young ladies were sitting inside, and on the box beside the driver sat a third, much more showily dressed than the others. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z Maria went obediently to the hall, returning a moment later, followed by a dark, middle-aged woman, showily dressed, and evidently in a very bad temper. Lola 2010-12-24T03:00:35.720Z I have seen in a haberdasher's shop-window the figure of a wooden woman showily arrayed, turning round on a pivot, and attracting the gaze of all the passers-by; but ere long it is forgotten. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z Among the leading companies, it's Orbital Sciences that, at the moment at least, seems to be threading the needle most carefully — if least showily. Private Companies Take Over the Orbital Space Business From NASA 2010-12-17T19:35:00Z They have learnt music enough to play a morceau de salon showily, and the allegretto movement of a sonata stumblingly, and the latter only because it was thought 'proper' that they should learn 'classical music.' Household Organization "Seen close to," as Million puts it, he was showily good-looking, especially about the eyes, with which he was gazing into the little heiress's flushed face. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune He was showily dressed in a blue coat with gilt buttons, black trousers, red velvet vest, and light cravat. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History The man was very fat, short, and flashily dressed; the woman was also showily attired, powdered, painted, penciled, and perfumed. The Cottage of Delight A Novel An Adventure Presently a young man, rather showily dressed, sat down beside Ben. Wait and Hope A Plucky Boy's Luck It is by his orders that I am thus showily dressed. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) The maid a very pretty girl somewhat showily dressed in a costume composed of the royal colors fixed curious eyes down a long passage and a short one. Geography and Plays Buckingham, though not so showily attired, was magnificently dressed in black, figured velvet, with dark maroon facings. With Ring of Shield He must have raised money in some way or other, for he was always showily dressed, and had a peculiar confidence, almost amounting to arrogance, in his behavior to Vefela as well as to others. Black Forest Village Stories Indeed, not a few of them were rather dandified—which is not surprising, inasmuch as men dressed more showily in those times than they dress now. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 They were formed into three companies, mounted on fine blooded bay horses, showily uniformed and each armed with two navy revolvers, a five-barreled rifle and a saber. The Struggle for Missouri These little children, painted and showily dressed, are fast making their appearance in such cities as New York and Chicago, and they are the forerunners of Oriental child debauchery. Chicago's Black Traffic in White Girls They were now in a square entrance hall of goodly size, very showily finished like a hotel with veneered panels, which already showed signs of wear. The Deaves Affair “I have to write a paper on that subject,” said a complacent young woman, rather showily dressed, “and I thought I’d maybe better read up on it a little.” The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted She was neatly but not showily dressed, and wore a little jewellery of a ten-years-back fashion. The Recipe for Diamonds For Elizabeth’s mother, of the same given name, was “very fond of display,” and in her day the family “lived showily.” The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 Mark opened the door and found himself in the presence of a stout man, rather showily dressed, and wearing a white hat. Mark Mason's Victory From the palanquin a graceful girl, showily dressed, entered the state canoe and reclined upon cushions in the stern under a canopy. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots They had now come to the famous Achilles Statue in Hyde Park, and there they walked for half an hour amidst the showily dressed women on the lawn. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar Her wonder and astonishment may easily be imagined, when, on starting up, she found herself in that strange place, surrounded by a group of showily dressed females, some of them indecently nude. Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life As he turned into Broadway, he encountered a showily dressed courtezan, who, addressing him with that absence of ceremony for which such ladies are remarkable, requested him to accompany her home. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston All the books are beautifully though not showily bound, and they bear marks of assiduous reading. Major Frank "Gentlemen," said a young man, showily dressed and with a profusion of rings on his fingers, "excuse my interrupting you, but I may be able to save you some trouble." The Tin Box and What it Contained At all events they were well off in the property line, being all very showily dressed. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery The latter are as well, as commodiously and even showily, lodged as the former can be, and the properties are as good.' The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Next to him sat rather a showily dressed woman, with keen, sharp eyes. Luke Walton Handsome as Master Indigo is, the lazuli finch, with his sextet of hues, is a more showily dressed bird; in fact, a lyric in colors. Birds of the Rockies He came swinging along, all so big and so burly, followed by a lady, showily dressed, who walked mincingly and was saving a pair of pink satin shoes and a powder-puff. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions They have the same relation to the productions of the great European manufactories that the drawing of an artist has to a showily coloured lithograph. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II He was a man of about thirty, rather showily dressed, with a gold chain dangling from his vest. The Telegraph Boy Although he wondered a little where it would be appropriate to wear the enormous pink hat with drooping plumes which perched on the showily fluffy head now facing him, he quite appreciated the effect. Jewel Weed He was somewhat showily dressed, in such wise that he looked half like a fine gentleman of that day, half like a jockey of our own. Rookwood They dare not!” he said to himself, as he sat fast; and directly after a group of showily dressed Cavaliers appeared at the large open window above the broad porch. Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story The doctor, being aware of his own good looks, fancied he had made a conquest, and, having got himself up as showily as he could, was there at the appointed time. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy I would cross the scent with something showily impossible, splendidly unpopular—I must be sure to have something on hand. Embarrassments Then a showily dressed woman swept into the room with a majestic air and fixed a cold stare upon our hero. Randy of the River The Adventures of a Young Deckhand The latter, being showily dressed and well mounted, gave himself all possible airs as they rode through the narrow streets into the open fields. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley Here and there a showily clad Malay was seen to be armed with a gun or rifle, but for the most part their means of offence were confined to the native weapons. Middy and Ensign He lived in comfortable style, but not showily, keeping a moderate retinue of servants for appearance as much as for use, and a carriage, which was indispensable to him. Benjamin Franklin As he was wandering across the court, very dismal and apprehensive of what more was in store for him, a lean youth with a pale face and very showily attired accosted him. The Cock-House at Fellsgarth How the cab-men and porters and hack-drivers were just as independent as the gentlemen and ladies they worked for! and how showily and gaily the ladies dressed, just to take a promenade. Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends A few of the women will probably carry babies, but the great majority will be young girls, showily dressed. Women's Wild Oats Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards The place inside was bright with electric light, and the stout, showily dressed lady, going first, conducted the girls into a room which Agnes afterwards spoke of as the dining-room. Sue, A Little Heroine Came caracoling up the winding steep of Canobia a troop of horsemen, showily attired, and riding steeds that danced in the sunny air. Tancred Or, The New Crusade Does she enter a crowded car, no one offers her a seat, though she is trembling with fatigue, while the showily dressed woman who follows her is accommodated at once. Plain Facts for Old and Young This was the picture he saw: the strikingly dressed girl, bright-eyed, carmine-cheeked, feverishly distributing notes to a crowd of young women more showily dressed than herself. The Guests Of Hercules If he listened to her, he would tip his presidential lightning-rod more showily. The Henchman While this interesting little episode was being performed up stairs, an open carriage, showily caparisoned and drawn by a stylish pair of well-groomed bays, drew up at the door. The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family He is showily dressed, with a vast expanse of cravat and waistcoat. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 The golden mean is to be armed usefully, but not showily; and, above all things, to be very discreet in the production of weapons. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 The oily-faced young man behind the bar improved the opportunity by washing a dozen or so glasses, setting them down showily on a tin tray in view of the company. An Alabaster Box His sister Hrefna was there also, and was dressed most showily. Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic The women were less showily dressed, and many of them had their heads bare, and wore little shawls about their shoulders. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow I asked your opinion," persisted Anna; and thus beset Adah replied at last: "I think her too showily dressed for a picture. Bad Hugh Mrs. Maggot, as well as her companion Edgeworth Bess, was showily dressed; nor did either of them disdain the aid supposed to be lent to a fair skin by the contents of the patchbox. Jack Sheppard A Romance He was a short, stout, blond man, heavily flushed, showily dressed, with a fulsome beam in his light-blue eyes and an ingratiating grin beneath his upturned straw-colored mustaches. The Palace of Darkened Windows All eyes were then turned in her direction; all eyes fixed themselves on the showily dressed and very handsome child who suddenly entered the room. The Rebel of the School At the foot of the dais was a group of half a dozen showily dressed chamberlains and courtiers, who made a slight motion of greeting when the two guests darkened the doorway. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. Douglas, gallantly not seriously, thoughtfully not showily, with grace and taste, takes Lincoln's hat and holds it while Lincoln reads his inaugural address. Children of the Market Place She was extremely showily dressed, and her large hooped petticoat gave additional effect to her lofty stature. Jack Sheppard A Romance Once or twice the tune stumbled, and she recovered it impatiently, bending over the key-board, showily flourishing her wrists as she touched the stops. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship In the same library where he had found the famous encyclopædia article was "A Home Book of Art," one of those showily bound gift books one sees lying about conspicuously on parlour centre tables. Vandover and the Brute In picking out the chiefs, do not select the men that are the most showily ornamented, for they are not the chiefs; but the biggest and the busiest. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries She dresses suitably, richly if occasion demand it, but never showily. Stray Thoughts for Girls The customer, an acidulous, sharp-featured, showily dressed person—the sort, Gabriella decided, who would enjoy haggling over a bargain—regarded the offered hat with a supercilious and guarded manner, the true manner of the haggler. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage He saw a woman of about thirty-five, rather stout in figure, very showily dressed, and wearing a great many exquisite diamonds of great value. Mona At that moment a man strolled past them, a big stout fellow, showily dressed in a check suit; and he gravely took off his hat to Dr Porhoët. The Magician She was dressed showily and was handsomer than when he saw her last. Gordon Keith He wore the plainest of collars and the simplest of gold studs; no chain dangled showily from his waistcoat-pocket, and his small feet were encased in little patent-leather shoes. Saracinesca She was showily dressed, and her many pieces of jewelry made Arabella stare. Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times The reins slackened in Gaylord's hand as they drew up before a showily painted house with many gables and a round tower. Youth and the Bright Medusa She was a short, dumpy, florid looking woman, showily, and as 'Lena thought, overdressed for morning, as her person was covered with jewelry, which flashed and sparkled with every movement. 'Lena Rivers They were all dressed very showily, and heavily powdered and painted, excepting some mere babies who were plainly dressed. Heathen Slaves and Christian Rulers It is sure that he could entertain most showily. Strange True Stories of Louisiana Never dress very richly or showily in the street. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette They walked arm-in-arm, showily enough, but without appearing to interchange a syllable. Our Mutual Friend Miss Nipper assenting, they buy a good many little things; and, with the aid of Mrs Richards, set the supper out quite showily before the Captain and old Sol came home. Dombey and Son Ahead of them, a woman warmly and showily dressed was sauntering along. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise And under cover of the little good you were showily doing, how much mischief they'd do! The Conflict The reins slackened in Charley Gaylord's hand as they drew up before a showily painted house with many gables and a round tower. The Troll Garden and Selected Stories The vanity of Mrs. Hurstwood caused her to keep her person rather showily arrayed, but to Hurstwood this was much better than plainness. Sister Carrie: a Novel There were a couple of whalers from 'Frisco, a white, showily painted passenger boat from the same port, a Norwegian bark, and a freighter from Seattle grimy with coal-dust. A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West At Seventy-second Street, where she emerged, a family hotel, one of those de luxe mausoleums to family life, reared showily. Star-Dust That the effective pose was studied, the handsome face hard and withered, the evening dress too showily elegant, escaped her. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California I lighted my lamp, and saw a girl about my own age, pretty, and showily dressed. The Green Satin Gown She was well and showily dressed, and was probably going to a village encamped somewhere near, and evidently did not belong to the tribe of root-diggers. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources The buzz of voices abated, and a bright-faced little woman, showily dressed, came forward and welcomed them with a marked accent. The Christian A Story The very cloak, made of light cloth showily faced with scarlet, was draped over a lay figure in one corner of the room. Bits about Home Matters Many of the shops are large, and showily set out. Domestic Manners of the Americans He dressed showily, went to races, spent his Sundays carelessly. Beneath the Banner He was young, handsome, showily dressed, and beyond question the person of whom Lael had complained. The Prince of India — Volume 01 His garments, of various colours, and showily disposed, were none of the newest or cleanest, neither were they altogether fitting for the presence in which he now stood. The Betrothed A girl can dress very showily indeed for about twenty francs—shoes excepted;—and thousands never wear shoes. Two Years in the French West Indies Some very showily dressed, knowing-looking girls, that she had met at a picnic, had increased this longing for the city. What Can She Do? There, too, were the showily dressed maidens, there was the sardonic lover of one of them, and all the posse of young men with rifles. Jess The third day after the adventure at the White Castle, a stranger, mounted, armed, and showily caparisoned, appeared at the Prince's door under guidance of Uel. The Prince of India — Volume 01 After them came Cashel Byron, showily dressed in a velveteen coat, and tightly-fitting fawn-colored pantaloons that displayed the muscles of his legs. Cashel Byron's Profession "Surely I have a right to my own property," said the showily dressed lady in a tone of authority, which quite imposed upon the weak-minded salesman. Helping Himself He was dressed both showily and shabbily, and a great breastpin was like a blotch upon his rumpled shirt-bosom. What Can She Do? A showily dressed man of the style known as "vulgar genteel," had a sharp eye and a ready tongue. The Gilded Age, Part 6. She now had the whim of dressing Muche very showily in a little Highland costume and velvet bonnet. The Fat and the Thin The whole tribe—if she excepted her husband, and perhaps Clara—had, to her perception, a tinge of Bohemianism, although all were in comfortable circumstances, and lived showily. At Last This was when Caroline came home full of the news that Victoria had had the room where Naomi died opened up, and showily furnished as a parlor. Further Chronicles of Avonlea Miss Day's room was one of the largest in the college; it was showily furnished, with an intention to produce a Japanese effect. A Sweet Girl Graduate It was showily, not tastefully, furnished, and the same might be said of his wife and daughters. Home Lights and Shadows As Olga stood at the door, there came out, showily dressed for walking, a person in whom she at once recognised the original of the portrait at Miss Bonnicastle's. The Crown of Life "Oh, Dante, is it?" said Laura showily—she had once heard the name. The Getting of Wisdom A showily dressed man peeped into a shop where Helen was buying gloves. Foul Play The windows were draped with white lace curtains and in the bay was a small bamboo table on which reposed a large Holy Bible, cheaply but showily bound. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists When this is done I appoint her wedding night and adorn my house showily! gloriously! The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 I think that no other Senate House is so shapely as this one, or so richly and showily decorated. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories Upon the artist, alert for social peculiarities, the scene made little impression, for to an artist there is a limit to the interest of a crowd showily dressed, though they blaze with diamonds. Their Pilgrimage She often found Mr. Bantling's answers very convenient, and in the press of catching the American post would largely and showily address them to publicity. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 This was the most uplifted hour of Miss Flynn's life; for whereas she usually had to content herself with being humbly and gloomily in the right she could now be magnanimously and showily so. The Marriages Whereas, if the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily. The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy A tall, handsome girl looked back at him out of the glass—a little showily dressed, perhaps, but decidedly chic. Tommy and Co. So the loving girl knocked at the door, asked for Mr. Falcon, and was shown in to a lady rather showily dressed, who asked her business. A Simpleton He was walking the deck arm-in-arm with a showily dressed but decidedly attractive young woman; both of them talking and laughing loudly. The Fawn Gloves But Hedges spent his money as lavishly, loudly and showily as though he were only a clerk squandering a week's wages. Whirligigs The ladies were richly but not showily dressed, and the duenna went up to the one who was hemming a kerchief, and said a few words in a low tone. The Cloister and the Hearth Mrs Warren is between 40 and 50, formerly pretty, showily dressed in a brilliant hat and a gay blouse fitting tightly over her bust and flanked by fashionable sleeves. Mrs. Warren's Profession A stout broad gentleman of sixty, perpendicular in attitude, rather showily dressed, and of gracious, ingenious and slightly elaborate manners. Life of John Sterling So often he had noticed girls, showily, extravagantly dressed, but with red bare hands and sloppy shoes. The Fawn Gloves |
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