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garishly

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gar·ish  (gârsh, gr-)
adj.
1.
a. Marked by strident color or excessive ornamentation; gaudy.
b. Loud and flashy: garish makeup. See Synonyms at gaudy1.
2. Glaring; dazzling: "Hide me from Day's garish eye" (John Milton).
[Origin unknown.]
garish·ly adv.
garish·ness n.
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Adv.1.garishly - in a tastelessly garish manner; "the temple was garishly decorated with bright plastic flowers"
gaudily, tawdrily
Translations
garishly [ˈgɛərɪʃlɪ] ADV garishly coloured → con colores chillones or estridentes
garishly decorated/painted/dressed → decorado/pintado/vestido con colores chillones or con gusto chabacano or (LAm) de manera charra
garishly lit → estridentemente iluminado
garishly [ˈgɛərɪʃli] adv [patterned] → aux motifs criards
garishly coloured → aux couleurs criardes or tape-à-l'œil
garishly
adv (pej) dressed → in grellen Farben; illuminated → grell; garishly coloured (Brit) or colored (US) → schreiend bunt, knallbunt
garishly [ˈgɛərɪʃlɪ] adv (see adj) → in modo sgargiante, in modo vistoso, in modo abbagliante
garishly [ˈgɛərɪʃlɪ] adv (see adj) → in modo sgargiante, in modo vistoso, in modo abbagliante


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At the upper end of the lodge was a kind of hunting and warlike trophy, consisting of two buffalo heads garishly painted, surmounted by shields, bows, quivers of arrows, and other weapons.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
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