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grandly, adv.|ˈgrændlɪ| [f. grand a. + -ly2.] In a grand manner; magnificently, splendidly, grandiosely, etc.
1654Z. Coke Art Logick Ep. Ded. (1657) A iij b, To Tranquility of Government, Corruption of Manners, and Mazing Errors are grandly opposite. 1658–9Burton's Diary (1828) IV. 243 The Chair..takes a little too much on him, but grandly. 1785Boswell Tour Hebrides 348 There was something grandly horrible in the sight. 1841–4Emerson Ess., Over-Soul Wks. (Bohn) I. 122 A mind that is grandly simple. 1863–5J. Thomson Sund. at Hampstead iv. iv, Mary and Dick so grandly Parade suburban streets. 1882Mrs. Oliphant Lit. Hist. Eng. I. 3 Means which are dimly or grandly traceable across the ages. 1888Steel & Lyttleton Cricket (Badm. Libr.) xi. 347 Lyttleton..was grandly caught by Webbe close to the ropes. 1890B. Wynne Our Hardy Fruits 20 It [a pear] does grandly against a house wall. |