Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a gaudy manner; showily; with ostentation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a gaudy manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
gaudy manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a tastelessly garish manner
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Examples
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Romo would then hand over the money to the kidnappers at the church's main shrine in a ramshackle but gaudily decorated building in one of Mexico City's toughest neighborhoods, it said.
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Romo would then hand over the money to the kidnappers at the church's main shrine in a ramshackle but gaudily decorated building in one of Mexico City's toughest neighborhoods, it said.
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Then there were others, as every year, who looked like wildebeests gaudily gift wrapped, but I won't name names.
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The philanderer, the addict, the narcissist — all are rotated under the light so that their hidden shames are gaudily revealed.
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Then there were others, as every year, who looked like wildebeests gaudily gift wrapped, but I won't name names.
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The whole court circles around her in her joy, and she revels gaudily in the attention.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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FC Köln and on Saturday afternoon was paraded along the touchline before the game with Bayern Munich, alongside gaudily clad local carnival nobility while 50,000 fans sang a song about how much they adored Köln to the tune of "The Bonny, Bonny Banks of Loch Lomond".
Why the witch-hunt against Cesc Fábregas gets my goat | Harry Pearson 2011
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I suddenly realized that I felt out of place there with my gaudily-patriotic bike and my red-white-and-blue striped shirt.
Memorial Day 2009
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The whole court circles around her in her joy, and she revels gaudily in the attention.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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Hennes is the mascot of FC Köln and on Saturday afternoons is paraded along the touchline before the game alongside gaudily clad local carnival nobility while 50,000 fans sing a song about how much they adore Köln to the tune of The Bonny, Bonny Banks of Loch Lomond.
Sheepskin-wearing seating bores get my goat | Harry Pearson 2011
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