grandly

adverb

Definition of grandlynext
1
as in expensively
in a luxurious manner we were staying at the Plaza Hotel in New York and living rather grandly

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2
as in honorably
in a manner befitting a person of the highest character and ideals had grandly offered to pay the entire cost of the Christmas party at the children's hospital

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandly
  1. large
  2. richly
  3. high
Adverb
  • Additionally, employers lose about $1.47 million daily in productivity and revenue while society writ large loses another $1.34 billion each day in quality-of-life costs experienced by gun violence victims and their families.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
  • But the media industry writ large considers the cable marketplace to be in decline.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of large
Adverb
  • Many of his mixed media works are busy, bisected, and richly colored.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Queen Elizabeth's Stunning Coronation Dress and Robe Are Going on Display Ahead of Her Platinum Jubilee In addition to Queen Elizabeth’s wedding dress, Hartnell also designed her coronation dress, worn in 1953 and made of duchesse satin richly embroidered in a lattice-work effect.
    Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of richly
Adverb
  • Footage of performances by the Alvin Ailey Dance Company is projected high above the show, but the focus, mainly, is art that doesn’t bear an explicit tie to Ailey himself.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Those changes are less obvious than 30 Rock’s would be because most of that neon is — was — high above the street.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of high
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