'Garishly' definitions:

Definition of 'garishly'

(from WordNet)
adverb
In a tastelessly garish manner; "the temple was garishly decorated with bright plastic flowers" [syn: garishly, tawdrily, gaudily]

Definition of 'Garishly'

From: GCIDE
  • Garish \Gar"ish\ (g[^a]r"[i^]sh), a. [Cf. OE. gauren to stare; of uncertain origin. Cf. gairish.]
  • 1. Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention. "The garish sun." "A garish flag." --Shak. "In . . . garish colors." --Asham. "The garish day." --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]
  • Garish like the laughters of drunkenness. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Gay to extravagance; flighty. [1913 Webster]
  • It makes the mind loose and garish. --South. -- {Gar"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Gar"ish*ness}, n. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

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