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▪ I. † ˈproudly, a. Obs. rare—1.
[f. as prec. + -ly1.]
Of proud manner; proud-looking.
c1400Laud Troy Bk. 2136 Duk Nestor was ful of wratthe and ire Toward Antenor, that proudely sire.
▪ II. proudly, adv.|ˈpraʊdlɪ|
Forms: see proud a. and -ly2.
[Late OE. prútlíce: see -ly2; ME. prudeliche.]
In a proud manner; with pride.
1. With excessive self-esteem; with an attitude or air of superiority; haughtily, arrogantly.
a1050Liber Scintill. lviii. (1889) 178 Prutlice [superbe] witan. a1225Leg. Kath. 577 Þa onswerede þe an swiðe prudeliche, þus, to þe prude prince. c1380Sir Ferumb. 534 Fyrumbras ansuerde him agayn prouteliche & sayde;..‘Ich hem wolde wel conquere wiþ my swerd trenchaunt’. 14..Tourn. Tottenham 30 in Hazl. E.P.P. III. 84 How prudly among vs thy doȝter he craues. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 192 b, He aunswered contemptuously & proudlye. 1621Molle Camerar. Liv. Libr. iii. x. 178 [She] thinketh the proudlier of herselfe. 1671Milton Samson 55 Proudly secure, yet liable to fall By weakest suttleties. 1788Cowper Negro's Compl. 56 Prove that you have human feelings, Ere you proudly question ours! 1831Foster in Life & Corr. (1846) II. 197 A long and proudly imperious reign of corruption.
b. With lofty satisfaction or self-respect; with a high sense of honour done to one, or of what is worthy of one; with elation or exultation.
1753A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 23 Rather than drag a feverish Life under an huge Load of Misery, he proudly resolves to put an End to his Sufferings. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xiii. III. 290 A rule which, as far back as the days of the Plantagenets, had been proudly declared by the most illustrious sages of Westminster Hall to be a distinguishing feature of the English jurisprudence. 1871Freeman Norm. Conq. IV. xvii. 79 A conquest which is proudly contrasted with the petty exploits of the first Cæsar in the same island.
2. With an aspect or manner suggesting pride; grandly, magnificently, splendidly; † gallantly, valiantly (quot. c 1420); with spirited and dignified movement; with vigour or force, exuberantly.
c1050Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) VIII. 313 Eac hiᵹ prutlice ᵹymað þæs miotacismus ᵹefleard. c1200Vices & Virt. 107 Ne he ne scal to prudeliche bien isc(r)edd. 13..K. Alis. 3413 (Bodl. MS.) Many stede there proudely lep. c1400Destr. Troy 371 A chamber full choise.., Þat proudly was painted with pure gold ouer. c1420Brut 370 Proutly & manly he quitte hym on his aduersarye. a1547Surrey æneid ii. (1557) C ij, The pillers eke proudly beset with gold, And with the spoiles of other nations. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, v. ii. 130 The Tide of Blood in me, Hath prowdly flow'd in Vanity, till now. 1670Capt. J. Smith Eng. Improv. Reviv'd 73 The best season is when the Sap is ready to stir, not when it is proudly stirring. 1671Milton P.R. iv. 34 An Imperial City..With Towers and Temples proudly elevate On seven small hills. 1899F. T. Bullen Way Navy 40 We swept proudly up to the anchorage off Buncrana. |