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Flashy

E.g. these Chinese students shouldn't be flashy around ghetto area ostentatiously attractive or impressive. "he always had a flashy car" synonyms: ostentatious ,  flamboyant , showy ,  conspicuous , extravagant ,  expensive ;  

methodical

done according to a systematic or established form of procedure. "a methodical approach to the evaluation of computer systems" synonyms: orderly , (well) ordered, (well) organized, (well) planned,  efficient , businesslike ,  systematic , structured,  logical ,  analytic ,  disciplined ; meticulous ,  punctilious "a methodical approach to the evaluation" (of a person) orderly or systematic in thought or behavior. Antonyms  for methodical careless chaotic disorderly disorganized inefficient negligent thoughtless unmethodical

get a word in edgewise (and get a word in edgeways)

Fig.   to   manage   to   say   something   when   other   people   are   talking   and   ignoring   you.   (Often   in   the   negative. Alludes   to   trying   to   "squeeze"   a   word   into   a   running   conversation.)   It  was   such  an  exciting   conversation   that  I could   hardly   get  a  word  in  edgewise.   Mary   talks  so  fast   that   nobody   can   get  a  word  in  edgeways.