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单词 grandly
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Definition of grandly in English:

grandly

adverb ˈɡrandliˈɡræn(d)li
  • In a proud, impressive, or ambitious manner.

    the purchase of the painting was grandly announced
    he bowed grandly before taking her hand
    Example sentencesExamples
    • These grandly conceived spaces, together with the smaller ancillary rooms, constituted an extraordinary museum of classical art.
    • Mom gestures grandly, the motion eerily evocative of Dad.
    • I don't even remember the last time I was so grandly entertained.
    • Drivers who grandly sweep up to the entrance of the school find themselves being brusquely waved to the side of the road.
    • A grandly arched passageway leads to the high-ceilinged gallery.
    • Someone recently and rather grandly told me that we'd saved singing in Scotland.
    • I was alone in a grandly furnished room.
    • The grandly named "Surveyor of Highways" was in charge.
    • The Brennans and their growing family lived rather grandly through the 1930s in the former private secretary's lodge in the Phoenix Park.
    • "I have come for the shoes," she announced grandly. "Here is the money for them."

Definition of grandly in US English:

grandly

adverbˈɡræn(d)liˈɡran(d)lē
  • In a proud, impressive, or ambitious manner.

    the purchase of the painting was grandly announced
    he bowed grandly before taking her hand
    Example sentencesExamples
    • "I have come for the shoes," she announced grandly. "Here is the money for them."
    • Mom gestures grandly, the motion eerily evocative of Dad.
    • Drivers who grandly sweep up to the entrance of the school find themselves being brusquely waved to the side of the road.
    • I don't even remember the last time I was so grandly entertained.
    • A grandly arched passageway leads to the high-ceilinged gallery.
    • The grandly named "Surveyor of Highways" was in charge.
    • The Brennans and their growing family lived rather grandly through the 1930s in the former private secretary's lodge in the Phoenix Park.
    • These grandly conceived spaces, together with the smaller ancillary rooms, constituted an extraordinary museum of classical art.
    • I was alone in a grandly furnished room.
    • Someone recently and rather grandly told me that we'd saved singing in Scotland.
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