tawdrily

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In turn, some of the late Thatcher period's entrepreneurial energy would define the moment that was rather tawdrily labelled Cool Britannia.

From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2013

That which bedizens; the act of dressing, or the state of being dressed, tawdrily.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Thus, she had always stood out in the tawdrily or drearily or fussily dressed throngs, had been a pleasure to the eyes even of those who did not know why they were pleased.

From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by Phillips, David Graham

Now the stage paints rudely, often tawdrily; still it does paint.

From Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida by Ouida

To crown all, we met, as we entered, a huge, blowzy, tawdrily dressed woman, of most forbidding appearance, who, I was led to understand, was the mistress of the house.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII by Wilson, John Mackay