Grandly
['grændli]
Definition
(adv.) in a grand manner; 'the mansion seemed grandly large by today's standards'.
Edited by Emily--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a grand manner.
Typist: Thaddeus
Examples
- He rose with the rest, and surveyed the occupants of the boxes grandly with his opera-glass. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The magnificent melody of the Prayer in Rossini's Moses, sung in a sonorous bass voice, rose grandly through the suburban silence of the place. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- There's a long hall out there, and we can dance grandly, and no one will see us. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Little Dorrit looked into a dim room, which seemed a spacious one to her, and grandly furnished. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It was almost as exciting as riding a fast horse, when we went rushing on so grandly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Observe, too, how grandly Democracy sets her foot upon all our fine theories of education,--how little she cares for the training of her statesmen! Plato. The Republic.
- His features have Napoleon's magnificent regularity--his expression recalls the grandly calm, immovable power of the Great Soldier's face. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She stood grandly defiant, a queenly figure, her eyes fixed upon his as if she would read his very soul. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Thaddeus