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Definitions for Tawdrily
[1] (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
[2] low or mean; base: tawdry motives.
[3] cheap, gaudy apparel.
[4] cheap, showy, and of poor quality tawdry jewellery
Words related to Tawdrily
tawdrytacky, sleazy, vulgar, blatant, brazen, chintzy, common, crude, dirty, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, glaring, jazzy, loud, meretricious, obtrusive, offensive, plastic
Words nearby Tawdrily
tawdrytaverner, tavr, taw, tawa, tawai, tawdry, tawheowheo, tawhiri, tawie, tawney, tawny
Origin of Tawdrily
y1605–15; short for (Sain)t Audrey lace, i.e., neck lace bought at St. Audrey's Fair in Ely, England; so called after St. Audrey (Old English Aethelthrȳth, died 679), Northumbrian queen and patron saint of Ely, who, according to tradition, died of a throat tumor which she considered just punishment of her youthful liking for neck laces
Other words from Tawdrily
taw·dri·ly , adverb
taw·dri·ness , noun
un·taw·dry , adjective
Word origin for Tawdrily
yC16 tawdry lace, shortened and altered from Seynt Audries lace, finery sold at the fair of St Audrey (Etheldrida), 7th-century queen of Northumbria and patron saint of Ely, Cambridgeshire
Synonyms for Tawdrily
aloud, emphatically, noisily, powerfully, vehemently, vociferously, obstreperously, articulately, blatantly, boorishly, cheaply, conspicuously, crashingly, deafeningly, ear-splittingly, fully, garishly, gaudily, obtrusively, ostentatiously, piercingly, resonantly, resounding, ringingly, rudely, showily, shrilly, tastelessly, theatrically, thunderingly, uproariously, vulgarly