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

To dress or adorn tawdrily or with false taste.

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

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

The gateway beyond the bridge is tawdrily ornamented with blue and green glazed tiles.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

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