gaudily

Antonyms for gaudily

adverb. pretentiously

Word Origin & History

1610s, from gaudy + -ly (2).

"Excuse-a me," repeated the stranger, who was gaudily dressed in many colors.

They were made entirely of birch bark, and gaudily painted on the bow and stern.

I did not mind how gaudily I dressed the part of Weeding Woman now.

They frequently trimmed it with hare-skins and painted it gaudily.

They often were painted, the inferior ones being the most gaudily colored.

The churches are numerous, and gaudily fitted up; but they contain neither paintings nor statuary of any merit.

Some of the allied armies were as gaudily, if not so richly, accoutered as their adversary.

The front of the villa was adorned with stucco and gaudily painted.

The chairs of state were then filled with gaudily dressed officials.

The males, both of birds and butterflies, are the most gaudily dressed.