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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.
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Michael Paterniti, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2025
Michael Paterniti, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaudily
Adverb
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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
Adverb
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Egerton, by contrast, gets to grandstand a bit more flamboyantly.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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Across medieval Europe, aristocrats repeatedly set off fashion fads and scandals by wearing poulaines, shoes whose flamboyantly elongated pointed toes could stretch far beyond the natural length of their feet.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
13 Mar. 2026
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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
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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
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Mabe Fratti and Bill Orcutt’s collaboration didn’t begin colorfully or dramatically; Fratti just liked Orcutt and said so publicly, prompting Orcutt to reach out, which resulted in their working—remotely, mostly—on a series of pieces.—
Jayson Greene,
Pitchfork,
2 June 2026
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Lifetime Achievement Award-winner Poltz was colorfully introduced by his longtime musician friend, former San Diego Padres second baseman and third base coach Tim Flannery.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 May 2026
Adverb
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Especially the bench being that loud, hyping every guy up at the plate.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
4 June 2026
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Or at least playing really loud.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
3 June 2026
Adverb
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While these instruments might be heard loudly on the streets, they have been banned at the World Cup this year in Mexico to prevent excessive noise.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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Tonight, the people of the great state of California in the greatest nation on earth have spoken loudly and proudly.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
Adverb
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Essays is an elegant collection narrated with brilliantly cool restraint.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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Conceived, performed and brilliantly choreographed by the theatre collective Das Manko Gbr, the series tackles the world of work with a distinctly absurdist sensibility, somewhere between Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times and Jacques Tati’s Playtime.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
8 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Gaudily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaudily. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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