gaudily

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English

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Etymology

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From gaudy-ly.

Adverb

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gaudily (comparative more gaudily, superlative most gaudily)

  1. In a gaudy manner.
    • 2023 January 11, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 55:
      Apparently, Henry VII visited the city [Bristol] in 1487, "taking care to entail a sumptuary fine on the citizens because their wives dressed too gaudily".