1848. NEWMAN, Loss and Gain, i. 3. He was VIEWY, in a bad sense of the word.
1883. The American, vi. 11 Aug., 278. A man’s identification with the movement was taken as proof that he was VIEWY and unfit for leadership.
2. (colloquial).—Showy, calculated to ‘catch the eye.’
1851–61. H. MAYHEW, London Labour and the London Poor, III. 230. [The chests of drawers] would hold together for a time … and that was all; but the slaughterers cared only to have them VIEWY and cheap.
