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Definition of Tawdrily
1. Adverb. In a tastelessly garish manner. "The temple was garishly decorated with bright plastic flowers"
Definition of Tawdrily
1. adv. In a tawdry manner.
Definition of Tawdrily
1. Adverb. In a tawdry manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tawdrily
1. tawdry [adv] - See also: tawdry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tawdrily
Literary usage of Tawdrily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1883)
"But a more serious awakening was at the first moment when she found herself among
the crowd, alas ! so tawdrily painted and ..."
2. A Glossary of Words Pertaining to the Dialect of Mid-Yorshire: With Others by C. Clough Robinson (1876)
"Daubed [dau-bd], E., pp. dressed tawdrily. ' Did yä iwer see a lass se daub'd as
Bess was this mawnin ? ' Daubed. ... adj. shabbily or tawdrily dressed. ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society, Kern County Historical Society, Queensland Palaeontographical Society, Kern County Museum (1890)
"Daubed [dau-bd], E., pp. dressed tawdrily. ' Did y& iwer see a lass se daub'd as
Bess was this mawnin ? ' Daubed. ... adj. shabbily or tawdrily dressed. ..."
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