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tawdrily

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taw·dry  (tôdr)
adj. taw·dri·er, taw·dri·est
1. Gaudy and cheap in nature or appearance. See Synonyms at gaudy1.
2. Shameful or indecent: tawdry secrets.
n.
Cheap and gaudy finery.
[From tawdry lace, lace necktie, alteration of Saint Audrey's lace (sold at the annual Saint Audrey's fair, Ely, England), after Saint Audrey (Saint Etheldreda), queen of Northumbria, who died in 679 of a throat tumor, supposedly because she delighted in fancy necklaces as a young woman.]
tawdri·ly adv.
tawdri·ness n.
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Adv.1.tawdrily - in a tastelessly garish manner; "the temple was garishly decorated with bright plastic flowers"
garishly, gaudily
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tawdrily
adv → billig und geschmacklos; tawdrily dressed → aufgedonnert
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In one corner, with his head buried in his arms, a sailor sprawled over a table, and by the tawdrily painted bar that ran across one complete side stood two haggard women, mocking an old man who was brushing the sleeves of his coat with an expression of disgust.
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