different between showily vs sashay

English

Etymology

showy +? -ly

Adverb

showily (comparative more showily, superlative most showily)

1. In a showy manner.

English

Etymology

Verlan (or metathesis) form of French chassé, past participle of chasser (“chase”), from Latin capt?, frequentative of capi? (“I take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæ?e?/, /sæ??e?/
• Homophone: sachet
• Rhymes: -æ?e?, -e?

Noun

sashay (plural sashays)

1. A chassé.
2. A sequence of sideways steps in a circle in square dancing.

Verb

sashay (third-person singular simple present sashays, present participle sashaying, simple past and past participle sashayed)

1. (intransitive) To walk casually, showily or in a flirty manner; to strut, swagger or flounce.
2. (intransitive) To chassé when dancing.
3. (intransitive) To move sideways.
   • 2015, Louise Taylor, Papiss Cissé and Jonny Evans spitting row mars Manchester United’s win over Newcastle (in The Guardian, 4 March 2015)[2]

     Games can hinge on the sort of controversial decision made by Taylor in the 10th minute. After Rivière collected Gabriel Obertan’s pass and sashayed beyond Daley Blind he drew the United centre- half into a rash, clumsy challenge but, puzzlingly, Taylor detected no penalty.

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