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GAUDILY
garishly, tawdrily, gaudily
(adverb) in a tastelessly garish manner; “the temple was garishly decorated with bright plastic flowers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
gaudily (comparative more gaudily, superlative most gaudily)
In a gaudy manner.
Source: Wiktionary
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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