Meanings
adverbgaudily (comparative more gaudily, superlative most gaudily)
comparative more gaudily · superlative most gaudily
- In a gaudy manner.
Apparently, Henry VII visited the city [Bristol] in 1487, "taking care to entail a sumptuary fine on the citizens because their wives dressed too gaudily".
2023 January 11, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 55
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gaudily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gaudily
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“gaudily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gaudily. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gaudily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gaudily.
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