showiness

The fashion for literary showiness seemed to have passed him by.

But none of this comes off as mere postmodern showiness.

All the real ones have this showiness about them.

They also possess a showiness that, to our eyes, seems gauche.

But it is the showiness that propels it, not the show.

For the most part, such showiness is subtle.

As the show sputters, it's dazzlingly clear that in this production, showiness is all.

You hear the words, but the showiness of the delivery effectively masks their meaning, which isn't all bad.

"Some better items," he smiled, "from the standpoint of size and showiness.

If the technology is used just for its own sake, for the showiness of it, you get into the theme park syndrome.

Barker wonders why his books are often dismissed by critics, and this showiness is part of the explanation.

Andre Watts, moving in the last movement just to the edge of showiness (and why not?)

She said showiness was the sin of pride.

For showiness it topped even our own takeover.

"Jewish events didn't have such a display of showiness then as they have today," she said.

That isn't to say that he ignored the showiness.

Her set moved from showiness to simplicity.

But for some breeds, excessive showiness is in opposition to the breed type and should not be rewarded.

Showiness is not desirable as it blurs the truth."

Prestige refers to a good reputation or high esteem, though in earlier usage, it meant showiness.

Here he played an anonymous German instrument from about 1800 with no showiness but unfailing eloquence.

Their showiness was the antithesis of so-called working-women styles.

Yet, when Strawberry speaks of his beliefs now, there is more sincerity and less over-the-top showiness than in the past.

Because each diver gets to choose his or her dives, there is almost a consideration of proficiency versus showiness.

Although well made, the Brock's purposely avoided "urban showiness".