tawdrily
In trashy style
Tawdrily means in a cheap, gaudy, or tastelessly showy manner: The room was tawdrily decorated with plastic flowers and gold-painted trim.
The adverb carries connotations of failed attempts at elegance—something trying to look impressive but revealing its cheapness instead.
In a showy manner
- pompouslyWith showy self-importance
- showilyIn flamboyant manner
- grandioselyIn pretentiously magnificent fashion
- theatricallyIn a stagey manner
affectedly · extravagantly · lavishly · opulently · swankily · flamboyantly · garishly · loudly
In an unrefined manner
- coarselyIn unrefined manner
- lewdlyIn indecent fashion
- sordidlyIn a morally degraded way
- sleazilyIn sordid manner
salaciously · indecently · obscenely · smuttily · raunchily · seedily · provocatively · suggestively
Vulgar or slightly sticky
- chintzyGaudy yet cheap
- plasticCapable of being molded
- flimsyWeak and easily damaged
- shoddyOf poor craftsmanship
imitation · faux · knockoff · costume jewelry · dime-store · mass-produced · ersatz · gimcrack
ostentatiously
In a showy manner
- pompouslyWith showy self-importance
- showilyIn flamboyant manner
- grandioselyIn pretentiously magnificent fashion
theatrically · affectedly · extravagantly · lavishly · opulently · swankily · flamboyantly · garishly · loudly · flashily
crassly
In an unrefined manner
sleazily · salaciously · indecently · obscenely · smuttily · raunchily · seedily · provocatively · suggestively · trashily
tacky
Vulgar or slightly sticky
shoddy · imitation · faux · knockoff · costume jewelry · dime-store · mass-produced · ersatz · gimcrack · trashy
garish
Tastelessly showy
- glitteryReflecting light in flashes
- sequinedCovered in small shiny discs
- rhinestonedDecorated with glass gems
bedazzled · blingy · flashy · loud · clashing · lurid · neon · lamé · tinsel · gilt
tawdrilyelegantly
With tasteful grace
tastefully · gracefully · classily · stylishly · exquisitely