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单词 grandly
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grandlyadv.

Brit. /ˈɡrandli/, U.S. /ˈɡræn(d)li/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grand adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < grand adj. + -ly suffix2.
In a grand manner; magnificently, splendidly; grandiosely. Also formerly: †pre-eminently (obsolete).
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adverb]
micklelyeOE
worthlyeOE
noblelyc1300
lordlya1398
greatlya1400
kinglyc1425
princely1548
lordlikea1555
princelike1567
majestically1577
kinglike1582
elevatedly1593
great1616
grandly1647
augustly1649
magnificently1660
grand1729
lordfully1836
queenly1840
exaltedly1852
regally1852
nobilmente1899
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
1647 G. Tooke Belides 5 Our Harrington Was grandly gifted with a serious sort Of radiant principles.
1654 Z. Coke Art of Logick Ep. Ded. sig. A4 To Tranquillity of Government, Corruption of Manners, and Mazing Errors are grandly opposite.
1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 243 The Chair..takes a little too much on him, but grandly.
1756 Universal Mag. 19 133/2 No decent coif—but just before Was grandly plac'd a pompedore.
1773 J. Boswell Jrnl. 3 Oct. in Jrnl. Tour Hebrides (1785) 348 There was something grandly horrible in the sight.
1841 R. W. Emerson Over-soul in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 293 A mind that is grandly simple.
1866 J. Thomson in National Reformer 15 July 44/2 Mary and Dick so grandly Parade suburban streets.
1882 M. Oliphant Lit. Hist. Eng. I. 3 Means which are dimly or grandly traceable across the ages.
1888 R. H. Lyttelton in A. G. Steel & R. H. Lyttelton Cricket (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) xi. 347 Lyttleton..was grandly caught by Webbe close to the ropes.
1890 B. Wynne Our Hardy Fruits 20 It [a pear] does grandly against a house wall.
1928 N.Y. Times 7 Oct. x. 14/4 You rather grandly stroll down a carpeted platform under a roll-back canopy.
1966 W. Percy Last Gentleman v. iv. 265 Hadn't he got himself up grandly for the occasion: flowing locks, big cigar, hand pressed Napoleonically into his side, a proper villainous-looking old man if ever there was one.
2009 Vanity Fair Jan. 131/1 Rockefeller would grandly ride through the village streets on a Segway, wearing a Yale baseball cup.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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