garishlyadv.
/ˈɡɛːrɪʃli/ 1. In a garish manner; gaudily, glaringly; †proudly, wantonly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > [adverb]
sideOE
highOE
proudlyOE
proudc1384
moodilyc1400
highlya1425
orgulousa1470
strutlyc1480
orgulouslya1500
loftily1548
stoutlya1554
state1579
garishly1593
pridefullya1600
aloft1613
great1625
pridinglya1677
Olympically1839
the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [adverb]
flauntingly1584
garishly1593
showfully1613
flashily1736
showily1755
gaudily1764
violently1771
flauntily1830
loudly1849
snazzily1980
glitzily1982
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 73 Englishmen put all their felicitie in going pompously and garishly.
1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 111 And guilded over garishly in His personated Angelical glory.
1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur i. viii. 42 The sun streamed garishly over the stony face of the famous locality.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adverb] > capriciously
unstaidly1556
fantastically1567
humorously1593
skittishly1598
fantasticly1599
garishly1606
humoursomely1653
whimsily1654
quirkishly1673
peevishlya1680
whimsically1711
fancifully1741
capriciously1746
flightily1780
erratically1861
tricksily1866
vagariously1892
quirkily1926
1606 J. Hind Eliosto Libidinoso 56 Weakely starting vp and garishly staring about, especially on the face of Eliosto.
a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 554 Who would venture rashly and garishly into the presence of..a..King upon his Throne?
Compounds
garishly-adorned, garishly-furnished adjs.
ΚΠ
1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness v. xvi. 199 There is nothing in this new Jerusalem but what is pure and Apostolical; which is not so in the garishly-adorned Church that Grotius looks at.
1877 W. Black Green Pastures xli We began to revel in the sumptuousness of the vast and garishly-furnished hotels.
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