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Grammar : Adv
Spell : taw-dree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɔ dri

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Définition of tawdrily

Origin :
  • "cheap, showy, gaudy," 1670s, adjective use of noun tawdry "silk necktie for women" (1610s), shortened from tawdry lace (1540s), an alteration of St. Audrey's lace, a necktie or ribbon sold at the annual fair at Ely on Oct. 17 commemorating St. Audrey (queen of Northumbria, died 679). Her association with cheap lace necklaces is that she supposedly died of a throat tumor, which she considered God's punishment for her youthful fondness for showy necklaces [Bede].
  • As in loudly : adv audibly
Example sentences :
  • It was flamboyant and showy; cheap, and tawdrily pretentious.
  • Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Now the stage paints rudely, often tawdrily; still it does paint.
  • Extract from : « Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida » by Ouida
  • I had to pull it twice before it was answered; then a slatternly and tawdrily dressed servant put in an appearance.
  • Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume VII, Issue 41, May, 1894 » by Various
  • He found the "domicile" that very day: a tawdrily furnished rez-de-chaussee, obviously destined to far different uses.
  • Extract from : « The Glimpses of the Moon » by Edith Wharton
  • The gateway beyond the bridge is tawdrily ornamented with blue and green glazed tiles.
  • Extract from : « Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) » by Isabella L. Bird
  • The altar was tawdrily ornamented with pieces of tinsel, shreds of gilt paper, and painted silks.
  • Extract from : « The Mission to Siam, and Hu the Capital of Cochin China, in the Years 1821-2 » by George Finlayson
  • Tawdrily dressed girls saunter along the sidewalks, or loll from the window-sills.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 » by Various
  • They are very friendly, are not so tawdrily decorated as those we saw below, and use little or no paint.
  • Extract from : « Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume 21 » by Various
  • Both were young; both were tawdrily dressed, with many strings of beads and rings on neck and fingers.
  • Extract from : « Nicanor - Teller of Tales » by C. Bryson Taylor

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