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- adverb In a
tacky manner.
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Examples
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A somewhat unnecessary prolog and epilog has now been tacked on, but not tackily, smoothly enough that it didn't ruin the story.
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After the jump, see what he had specially (and tackily) made for her …
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I still think it funny in "All About Eve" that Celeste Holm and her successful playwright husband Lloyd are portrayed as so tackily nouveau riche, to me at least - her in furs, their country house and fancy car - but to the film, they are meant to be conventional, successful, heterosexual, non-theatre freaks.
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Reality TV altered our sense of "normal," offering glimpses of a world in which spending a quarter of a million dollars on a teenager's birthday party (My Super Sweet Sixteen) or multiple millions on a tackily outfitted McMansion (Cribs, The Fabulous Life) is not only perfectly acceptable but expected.
The New Rich: What Success And Wealth Mean To Consumers In 2010 2010
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Reality TV altered our sense of "normal," offering glimpses of a world in which spending a quarter of a million dollars on a teenager's birthday party (My Super Sweet Sixteen) or multiple millions on a tackily outfitted McMansion (Cribs, The Fabulous Life) is not only perfectly acceptable but expected.
The New Rich: What Success And Wealth Mean To Consumers In 2010 Andrew Benett 2010
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They are out for money and campaign for it more tackily than I every imagined.
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The camera's democratic, indiscriminate eye seconds the impertinence of the pretenders in their tackily dazzling regalia: the guest of honour disappears, outnumbered and effaced by the crowd.
The big picture: a coronation street party in Islington, London, 1937 2010
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If the press needs an excuse to get tough on Obama, sort of tackily taking up precious time on a conference call should count ....
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Despite the advantages of incumbency, which are sometimes wielded rather tackily, as Friday, when Bloomberg managed to work into a statement about the tragic death of a young sanitation worker a plug for his environmental policies: "Sanitation Worker Timmins helped make New York City's streets the cleanest they've been in decades, and while collecting recyclables, he was helping us achieve our goal of creating a greener and cleaner City."
Jarrett Murphy: Bloomberg Donates $65M to Needy Campaign Consultants 2009
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West, as TV and YouTube viewers know, jumped the stage near the close of Sunday night's MTV Music Video Awards, interrupted Taylor Swift in the middle of her acceptance speech for Best Female Video, and tackily proclaimed that a stunned Beyonce's video was more deserving.
Cindy Handler: What Congress Could Learn from the USTA and MTV 2009
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