tawdrily, adv.
(ˈtɔːdrɪlɪ)
[f. tawdry a. + -ly2.]
In a tawdry manner; with cheap finery.
| 1736 Pulteney Let. to Swift 21 Dec., A rabble of people..seeing her very oddly and tawdrily dressed, took her for a foreigner. 1816 Sporting Mag. XLVIII. 189 A lady observing her neighbour in a public room, dressed very tawdrily. 1879 Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. v. 351 The two figures..are tawdrily coloured in white and red and gold. |