GAUDILY

garishly, tawdrily, gaudily

(adverb) in a tastelessly garish manner; “the temple was garishly decorated with bright plastic flowers”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adverb

gaudily (comparative more gaudily, superlative most gaudily)

In a gaudy manner.

Source: Wiktionary

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Gaud"i*ly, adv.

Definition: In a gaudy manner. Guthrie.

GAUDY

Gaud"y, a. [Compar. Gaudier; superl. Gauidiest.]

1. Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy. Shak.

2. Gay; merry; festal. Tennyson. Let's have one other gaudy night. Shak.

Gaud"y, n.; pl. Gaudies Etym: [See Gaud, n.]

Definition: One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited. [Obs.] Gower.

Gaud"y, n.

Definition: A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day. [Oxford Univ.] Conybeare.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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