tackily
English
Etymology
tacky + -ly
Adverb
tackily (comparative more tackily, superlative most tackily)
- In a tacky manner.
- 1904, Rudyard Kipling, “Their Lawful Occasions”, in Traffics and Discoveries, page 118:
- 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.
- 1966, Antioch review, volume 25, page 260:
- They lived comfortably if tackily in big, plain houses, and were too much like us in town to interest me.
- 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:
- Ceviche is inoffensive but not great, tackily served in a carved-out pineapple, and even more tackily served with those same smoky crab claws.
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