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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“Comb of the Wind” is one of the few grandly monumental projects he ever realized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
In 2019, Disneyland received a largest-ever single-land expansion with the opening of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, a grandly ambitious land that rewrote much of the theme park rule book.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 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
“Call me no longer Wheeze, but Sara Louise,” I said grandly, smiling in the darkness, casting off the nickname she had diminished me with since we were two.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
