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gaudily

adverb

Definition of gaudily

as in garishly

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Recent Examples of gaudily On our first morning, Sara and I woke to one of the roughly 300 days of sun that Taos receives each year—gaudily beautiful weather for the end of February. — Michael Paterniti, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2025

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But where the exhibitions on Cribs were charmingly, sometimes garishly, idiosyncratic, today’s represent a subtler and often more generic version of taste.

— Kim Hew-Low, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025

Definition of garishly

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This flamboyantly ambitious novel, which takes place in a version of Atlanta known as Atlantis, follows the life of George Washington Jonson, a Black cop with a liking for white women.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Rooms are decorated with minibars crafted in Jaipur, flamboyantly upholstered chairs, Murano-glass chandeliers, and marbled wallpaper sourced and crafted in Italy.

— Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of flamboyantly

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Ahmed wrapped his face in a red kaffiyeh—the fantasy of a man in hiding, ostentatiously drawing attention to himself.

— Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Bryan Fuller’s expressionistic procedural is ostentatiously gruesome, yes, but the increasingly disturbing interplay between Will and Hannibal — cat and mouse, will-they/won’t they — is a full course meal on its own.

— Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026

Definition of ostentatiously

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The Canada phenomenon reflects, albeit more colorfully, sourcing trends seen on a global scale.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
Union members and their supporters were dressed colorfully, clad in red or green, and their march through the Brussels city center passed off peacefully.

— Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of colorfully

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Most Sherlock Holmes stories are mysteries – intricate, complex and brilliantly written.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Hirose, who also writes and edits, has constructed a brilliantly volatile scenario, vulnerable to any number of potentially explosive and destructive dramatic developments.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

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