proudly
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 7
/ˈpɹaʊdli/
Definition of proudly
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
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In a proud manner.
“And with domes and pinnacles the dreams arose and stood up proudly between the river and the sky, all shimmering white to the morning.”
“A word of warning: You might notice a few more unshaved upper lips proudly displayed by men in the next few weeks.”
“With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.”
“"We delivered [the project] £5 million under budget and on time," Hardwick says proudly.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English proutly, proudliche, prudeliche, prudliche, prouteliche, from Old English prūtlīċe, equivalent to proud + -ly.
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