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[ proud -lee ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈpraʊd li / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adverb with a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself; with pride: She proudly accepted her appointment to the cabinet.
in a stately, majestic, or magnificent manner; impressively: Mount Rushmore is situated proudly in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Origin of proudly First recorded before 1000; proud + -ly
Words nearby proudly proud as a peacock, proud flesh, proudful, proudhearted, Proudhon, proudly , prounion, Proust, Proustian, proustite, Proust, Marcel
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Example sentences from the Web for proudly So, happy 20th birthday to this proudly silly fashion classic.
Happy 20th Birthday, Liz Hurley’s Safety-Pin Dress | Tim Teeman| December 12, 2014| DAILY BEAST
A nurse with the insurance company has overruled the opinion of my oncologist—one of their proudly listed “providers.”
My Insurance Company Killed Me, Despite Obamacare | Malcolm MacDougall| November 24, 2014| DAILY BEAST
We are proudly a nation of immigrants, but should be a nation of laws.
Iowa Frontrunner Mike Huckabee Talks to The Daily Beast | Lloyd Green| September 22, 2014| DAILY BEAST
There is also the strong feeling that when soldiers go to fight on our behalf, they should proudly wear American-made products.
New Balance Lobbies Congress to Make the U.S. Military's Only Running Shoe | Tim Mak| September 8, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Robert Downey Jr. plays the son, a bigwig Chicago attorney who proudly defends wealthy white-collar criminals.
Robert Downey Jr. Just Made the Year’s Sappiest Flick | Alex Suskind| September 5, 2014| DAILY BEAST
"They'll make the eight miles in three-quarters of an hour," said the judge, proudly .
The Gentleman From Indiana | Booth Tarkington
How coldly and proudly they had parted with him over-night, although they had professed themselves reconciled to him!
Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. | Samuel Warren
Just inside the door they lined up, Berta proudly announcing, "We's going to help ev'ybody in the whole house."
Mary's Rainbow | Mary Edward Feehan
He wore his embroidered Court cloak and sat as proudly in the boat as though he were king of the universe.
The Poet Li Po | Arthur Waley
"And now I am going to instruct you in the art of making tea," he said proudly .
Happy Pollyooly | Edgar Jepson
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Words related to proudly arrogantly, contemptuously, haughtily, insolently