grand
adjective
impressive in size, appearance, or general effect.
grandly
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a word derived from
grand.
Example Sentences
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Less a recondite modernist experiment than a grandly mysterious yet accessible achievement, the composition marked a profound shift in 20th-century classical music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
“Comb of the Wind” is one of the few grandly monumental projects he ever realized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
Here, water transport assumes a form that is grandly ritualistic if decidedly prosaic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024
The couple had lived grandly, despite Mr. Conran’s spartan, Scandinavian aesthetic, in a fully staffed townhouse.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2024
Alongside the platform at Aleppo stood the train grandly designated in railway guides as the Taurus Express.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
