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tackily en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English tacky Middle English -ly English -ly English tackily From tacky + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a tacky manner.
   • They lived comfortably if tackily in big, plain houses, and were too much like us in town to interest me. 1966, Antioch review, volume 25, page 260:
   • It drummed tackily to gather my attention, coughed, spat, cleared its throat, and, on the eve of that portentous communication, retired up stage as a multitude whispering. 1904, Rudyard Kipling, “Their Lawful Occasions”, in Traffics and Discoveries, page 118:
   • Ceviche is inoffensive but not great, tackily served in a carved-out pineapple, and even more tackily served with those same smoky crab claws. 2007, Robin S. Goldstein, Fearless Critic Houston Restaurant Guide: Brutally Honest Undercover Chefs and Food Writers Rate More Than 400 Places to Eat, page 102:

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