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garishly, adv.|ˈgɛərɪʃlɪ| [f. garish a.1 + -ly2.] 1. In a garish manner; gaudily, glaringly; † proudly, wantonly.
1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 149 Englishmen put all their felicitie in going pompously and garishly. 1635R. Bolton Comf. Affl. Consc. iv. 113 And guilded over garishly in His personated Angelicall glory. 1880L. Wallace Ben-Hur i. viii. 42 The sun streamed garishly over the stony face of the famous locality. †2. With lack of self-restraint; flightily. Obs.
1606Hinde Eliosto Libidinoso 56 Weakely starting vp and garishly staring about, especially on the face of Eliosto. a1680Charnock Attrib. God (1834) II. 251 Who would venture rashly and garishly into the presence of..a king upon his throne? 3. Comb., as garishly-adorned, garishly-furnished adjs.
1660H. More Myst. Godl. 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. 1877Black Green Past. xli, We began to revel in the sumptuousness of the vast and garishly-furnished hotels. |