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Meanings of too showy in English

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Usage of too showy in English
1
Do you think they would be too showy to wear to-night, mother?
Miss Dexie / A Romance of the Provinces
2
The Nubians stand the heat better and the Saxons were almost too showy.
Andivius Hedulio: Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of ...
3
When piss-taking was in progress, nothing was too showy and nothing was too simple.
The Guardian
4
She is, indeed, very beautiful; but I cannot help thinking a little too showy.
Home Lights and Shadows
5
I don't like to wear the chain; it is too showy for my circumstances.
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
6
She was too rich in her entourage, too showy.
The Titan
7
Feathers demand a carriage; flowers are too showy.
Another Study of Woman
8
Confucius himself also described the man as being " too showy."
Ancient China Simplified
9
She pulled out a plain white silk dress that suited her perfectly, and wasn't too showy.
Family album
10
You know, good quality, not too showy-
Ashes and bones: an emma fielding mystery
11
I'd thought about splurging and buying the panoramic version, but I didn't want to be too showy.
Alpine for You
12
I thought-unlessyou are of opinion that it's too showy- Ithoughtwe might work it in somewhere.
The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
13
I knew it was too showy when I ordered it, and yet I could not resist the thing.
What Every Woman Knows
14
He thought he was too showy.
Lightning
15
It was elegant, not too showy for everyday wear, and cost about three hundred pounds, fairly modest even then.
The new yorker
16
Nothing too showy, or provocative.
The Guardian
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