gaudily

Etymology

gaudy + -ly

adv

  1. 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". January 11 2023, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 55

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