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gaudily

gaudily adverb: in a gaudy manner.

Adverb

gaudily (comparative more gaudily, superlative most gaudily)

  1. In a gaudy manner.
    • 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".2023 January 11, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 55

Forms of gaudily

comparativemore gaudily
superlativemost gaudily

Origin of gaudily

From gaudy + -ly.

Questions about gaudily

What does gaudily mean?
Gaudily means in a gaudy manner.
What part of speech is gaudily?
Gaudily is an adverb.

Words near gaudily in the dictionary

  1. gaudiest
  2. gaudified
  3. gaudifies
  4. gaudify
  5. gaudifying
  6. gaudily
  7. gaudimycin
  8. gaudimycins
  9. Gaudin
  10. gaudiness
  11. gaudinesses

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