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shewey

shewey is the obsolete form of showy.

Meaning of showy

Adjective

showy (comparative showier, superlative showiest)

  1. (derogatory, sometimes) Calling attention; flashy; standing out to the eye.
  2. Making a striking or aesthetically pleasing display.
    • showy flowers
  3. (informal) Inclined to showing (by conveying an impression so that events are described in the narrative), instead of telling (by explicitly stating facts).
    • I think my problem with it is that it's
      a) a little "telly" not "showy" in comparison to the rest […]1999 November 21, sophie, “Squealer : first revision”, in alt.arts.poetry.comments (Usenet)

Origin of shewey

From shew + -ey.

Questions about shewey

What is shewey the obsolete form of?
Shewey is the obsolete form of showy.

Words near shewey in the dictionary

  1. shewer
  2. shewers
  3. shewes
  4. shewest
  5. sheweth
  6. shewey
  7. Shewfelt
  8. Shewfelts
  9. shewier
  10. shewiest
  11. shewing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shewey (page history and authors); showy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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