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▪ I. tackily, adv.1|ˈtækɪlɪ| [f. tacky a.2 + -ly2.] In a slightly adhesive or sticky manner. (In quot. 1903, fig.)
1903Kipling Traffics & Discov. (1904) 124 The sea..drummed tackily to gather my attention, coughed, spat, cleared its throat. 1971Sunday Times 20 June 42 For every loving Mum who has ever wished there was an easier way of preventing nappy-rash than smearing on..petroleum jelly, Johnson & Johnson is introducing..a melt-on-contact Baby Gel which does the job less tackily. ▪ II. tackily, adv.2 colloq.|ˈtækɪlɪ| [f. tacky a.1 + -ly2.] In a tasteless or vulgar style; shabbily, dowdily.
1936M. Mitchell Gone with Wind iv. xxxii. 544 She was ugly and dressed tackily. 1979P. Driscoll Pangolin i. xiv. 115 A square little hovel tackily partitioned into two rooms. |