单词 | grandiosely |
释义 | grandioselyadv. In a grandiose manner; extravagantly; pompously. ΘΚΠ 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). < adv.1841 |
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