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单词 grandiosely
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grandioselyadv.

Brit. /ˈɡrandɪəʊsli/, /ˈɡrandɪəʊzli/, U.S. /ˈɡrændiˌoʊsli/, /ˌɡrændiˈoʊsli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grandiose adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < grandiose adj. + -ly suffix2.
In a grandiose manner; extravagantly; pompously.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adverb] > magnificently
micklelyeOE
proudlya1225
noblyc1300
reallya1375
riallya1387
royallyc1405
rialc1425
stately?a1439
pompously1501
gorgeously1532
magnificly1538
princely1548
magnificentlya1552
magnifically1555
superbiously1569
grandly1647
splendidly1651
magnificously1683
superbly1763
grandiosely1841
splendiferously1841
regally1852
splendaciously1872
1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 147/1 His description is so grandiosely absurd, that it has made us exceedingly merry.
1879 J. McCarthy Hist. Own Times I. 425 Lord George Bentinck talked grandiosely.
1888 Harper's Mag. July 220 All this is now repeated for us more imposingly, more grandiosely.
1946 Life 11 Nov. 143/1 They..drove him about the campus in a jeep grandiosely labeled the ‘Royal Chariot’.
1958 Economist 13 Dec. 24/1 The idea of the ‘African personality’, about which African leaders talk so grandiosely.
2000 Holiday & Leisure Spring 32/2 Just outside town stands magnificent Waddesdon Manor, grandiosely built in the French style.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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