单词 | grandly |
释义 | grandlyadv. In a grand manner; magnificently, splendidly; grandiosely. Also formerly: †pre-eminently (obsolete). ΘΚΠ 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). < adv.1647 |
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