Habitual showiness in language, as in dress and manners, denotes lack of discipline or lack of refinement.
"Essays Æsthetical"
George Calvert
Burke is certainly ornate, and at times he is extremely self-conscious, but the dominant quality of his style, and the one which forever contradicts the idea of mere showiness, is passion.
"Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America"
Edmund Burke
There was no showiness, no bravado.
"The Heart of Unaga"
Ridgwell Cullum