1. adverb [usually ADVERB with verb, oft ADVERB adjective]
You say that someone speaks or behaves grandly when they are trying to impress other people.
[disapproval]
He grandly declared that 'international politics is a struggle for power'.
2. adverb [ADVERB adjective, ADVERB before verb]
You use grandly in expressions such as 'grandly named' or 'grandly called' to say that the name of a place or thing makes it sound much more impressive than it really is.
[mainly British]
The grandly named European Cricketer Cup is based at Worksop College.
Lucille's home was very grandly called a chateau, though in truth it was nothingmore than a farm.
Examples of 'grandly' in a sentence
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I had a massage in the grandly named spa.
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This grandly named body's track record is not noticeably better than anybody else's.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
My dad installed wood panelling inside and from then on the shed was known rather grandly as'the summer house '.