grandly
- a word derived from grand.
Example Sentences
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“Comb of the Wind” is one of the few grandly monumental projects he ever realized.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
Roan’s “The Subway” didn’t have the commercial legs of some of her earlier hits, but it’s the type of grandly emotional ballad that voters love.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025
Here, water transport assumes a form that is grandly ritualistic if decidedly prosaic.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024
Each of these side characters is introduced theatrically — intertitles grandly announce their names as they appear in the tale, and flash an “End” onscreen when they exit.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024
Quentin grandly described it as an “irregular polyhedron,” but it was little more than a wooden shed.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
