Meanings
comparative more garishly · superlative most garishly
- In a garish manner.
Euston: The vast main concourse screens displayed advertising again on March 2, on a two-week trial - but less garishly following public complaints.
2026 March 18, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Midlands”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 211 more example
"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…]."
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
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