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garishly

adverb

Definition of garishly

as in gaudily

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Recent Examples of garishly 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

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Adverb

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

Definition of gaudily

Adverb

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
In her closet were seven Ungaros, three Rykiels, a Kamali bathing suit and a Kamali sleeping-bag coat, five Kenzo dresses, two pieces from the Ballets Russes collection of Saint Laurent—all of which were trades or payments in kind, none of them mothballed, but instead worn ostentatiously and often.

— Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026

Definition of ostentatiously

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The experience of the drink is composed, elegant even, a sophisticated push and pull subtlety and counterbalance, but the list of ingredients reads, to me, to be almost flamboyantly random.

— Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 11 July 2026
And Cayden Alley is endearing and playful as Damian, the school’s most flamboyantly gay student.

— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2026

Definition of flamboyantly

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Room 1134’s distressed leather and cast iron accents, dimmable overhead lighting, and wide plank oakwood flooring counterbalance colorfully ombre shades, brocade throws, and a cushy seafoam blue loveseat at the foot of the (very plush) bed.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026
In what turns out to be the biggest moment in Neil’s young serving career, the handyman and Berzatto family friend keeps his composure and colorfully chats up the diner everyone believed was the Michelin-star inspector.

— Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 26 June 2026

Definition of colorfully

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The eastern Pennsylvania town of Easton was one of only three places (along with Philadelphia and Trenton) where the Declaration of Independence was read out loud to colonists, following its adoption on July 4, 1776.

— Joe Yogerst, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
Despite being about the size of my hand, the speaker puts out loud, crystal-clear sound with an impressive twelve-hour battery life.

— Alice Bennett, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2026

Definition of loud

Adverb

Body cam video from the officer shows the large dog, wearing a Knicks T-shirt, barked loudly at police when Marseille first opened her door.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
The equal-weight S & P 500 gained 2% and reached a new high while semis sustained that 15% drop, as many market observers cheered loudly and claimed to have been bullish on healthcare and insurance stocks all along.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 July 2026

Definition of loudly

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He was hired by McCartney to be the head of A&R at Apple Records, the company launched by the Beatles in April 1968, and was the one who brought in James Taylor, producing his first album — which, in fact, was ornately overproduced, and didn’t make much of a mark.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 June 2026
The one-shoulder dress was designed with a billowing, one-shoulder top with an ornately speckled red and white pattern motif throughout.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 10 June 2026

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