grandly
/ˈɡɹændli/GRAND-lee
/ˈɡɹændli/GRAND-lee
Meaningin a grand way
Common meaning: impressively
Other meanings: pompously
- grandgreat, full-grownLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 823 · scan
- lyadverb ending: in a way
Journey through time
- Latingrandis‘great, full-grown’
- Old Frenchgrandsource
- Englishgrand‘large and impressive’
- Englishformed in English from grandgrandly‘impressively’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Formed in English from grand + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), GRAND, p.242 · scan
Roots
- grandis Latin “great, full-grown”
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