grandly
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adverb[edit]
grandly (comparative more grandly, superlative most grandly)
- In a grand manner.
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
- This slight way of treating both his book and his ancestors nettled little Puddock – who never himself took a liberty, and expected similar treatment – but he knew Sturk, the nature of the beast, and he only bowed grandly […]
- To the greatest extent. (Can we add an example for this sense?)