proudly

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈpɹaʊdli/

Definition of proudly

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. 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.”

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Etymology

From Middle English proutly, proudliche, prudeliche, prudliche, prouteliche, from Old English prūtlīċe, equivalent to proud + -ly.

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