proudlyadverb
uk/ˈpraʊd.li/us/ˈpraʊd.li/B2 in a proud way:
He proudly held out his trophy for us to admire.
Elaine and Dan Gibson proudly announce the birth of their son, John Maurice.
There were photographs of all her children proudly displayed on the mantelpiece.
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- The military parade passed through the streets, with each regiment proudly displaying its regimental colours.
- She sat proudly astride her new motorbike.
- His trophies were proudly displayed in a backlit cabinet.
- "Just look at this scar," said Aaron proudly, rolling up his trouser leg.
- "Look, I've got a wobbly tooth, " said my little daughter, proudly.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Feeling pleasure and happiness
- (as) pleased as Punch idiom
- be as high as a kite idiom
- be dancing in the streets idiom
- be floating on air idiom
- be full of the joys of spring idiom
- be in seventh heaven idiom
- breezy
- brighten
- contented
- dance
- delighted
- ecstatic
- elated
- incandescent
- jolly
- jubilant
- jump for joy idiom
- light-hearted
- look/feel like a million dollars idiom
- loved up
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