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.

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  • 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

  • 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.

    Mexican 'Death Saint' Cult Leader Detained AP 2011

  • 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.

    Mexican 'Death Saint' Cult Leader Detained AP 2011

  • Then there were others, as every year, who looked like wildebeests gaudily gift wrapped, but I won't name names.

    Archive 2010-01-01 2010

  • The philanderer, the addict, the narcissist — all are rotated under the light so that their hidden shames are gaudily revealed.

    Gaudy Grossness and Other Stories 2010

  • Then there were others, as every year, who looked like wildebeests gaudily gift wrapped, but I won't name names.

    Golden Globes Got It Right ... Mostly 2010

  • The whole court circles around her in her joy, and she revels gaudily in the attention.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • 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

  • 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

  • The whole court circles around her in her joy, and she revels gaudily in the attention.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • 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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