showy

Preposition: as

• flower: This is Actinidia kolomikta, a species from the Far East which has this extraordinary natural leaf variegation as showy as any flower.

Modifies a noun

• flower: Plants with showy flowers with strong scents rely on insects to carry the pollen.
• plant: It is also a showy plant with large yellow flowers.
• display: Individual flowers in the clusters open all at once for a very showy display from early to mid-May in most seasons.
• style: Such heavy and showy romantic styles sold well to the majority of ordinary British people needing to furnish their homes.
• role: But the least showy, more reflective roles tested his true qualities best.
• part: They have no petals, which make up the showy part of the flower in most plants.

Modifying Another Word

• particularly: I think it fair to say that they are interesting rather than particularly showy plants.
• very: A very big smart traditional Shire, a very showy horse, huge feet, a great big horse with a very good temperament.
• too: Avoid anything too showy - remember - less is more.
• not: It's a shrub grown for its foliage, as its tiny, greenish white flowers are not showy.
• rather: Charles's was not a great character, and of qualities rather showy than solid.
• even: The directors of the other films took distinctive, even showy, approaches to their subjects.