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as in expensively
in a luxurious manner
we were staying at the Plaza Hotel in New York and living rather grandly
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as in honorably
in a manner befitting a person of the highest character and ideals
had grandly offered to pay the entire cost of the Christmas party at the children's hospital
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Recent Examples of grandly
At nuclear summits, the Kremlin’s leader could grandly sit across from the incumbent in the White House – just like in the glory days of the Cold War – to decide on matters of international security.
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Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Someone asked him what made the old 49ers teams so cinematic, and Lott answered by gesturing grandly behind him, where Montana was smiling for the paparazzi.
—Daniel Brown, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Every hurdle has been met and overcome, if at the last minute, and grandly.
—Roger Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2026
In the shadow of Mount Etna and brushing up against the Ionian Sea, Sicily’s second-largest city was grandly rebuilt in imposing Baroque style using lava stone following a devastating 17th-century earthquake.
—Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
Like Frey, Lowell was a self-dramatizing fraudster, taking elements of her real life and grandly embellishing them.
—Michael Waters, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
Trump spoke grandly for over 20 minutes about his efforts to resolve decades of bloody conflict between Palestinians and Israelis.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
DiCaprio would rinse and repeat this movie’s grandly melodramatic approach a year later for a little film about two crazy kids on an ocean liner.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
His parenting pays off grandly when Lockjaw returns to try to devastate their lives once again.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Someone asked him what made the old 49ers teams so cinematic, and Lott answered by gesturing grandly behind him, where Montana was smiling for the paparazzi.
—Daniel Brown, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Every hurdle has been met and overcome, if at the last minute, and grandly.
—Roger Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2026
In the shadow of Mount Etna and brushing up against the Ionian Sea, Sicily’s second-largest city was grandly rebuilt in imposing Baroque style using lava stone following a devastating 17th-century earthquake.
—Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
Like Frey, Lowell was a self-dramatizing fraudster, taking elements of her real life and grandly embellishing them.
—Michael Waters, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
Trump spoke grandly for over 20 minutes about his efforts to resolve decades of bloody conflict between Palestinians and Israelis.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
DiCaprio would rinse and repeat this movie’s grandly melodramatic approach a year later for a little film about two crazy kids on an ocean liner.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
His parenting pays off grandly when Lockjaw returns to try to devastate their lives once again.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandly
Adverb
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The soundtrack boasts expensively familiar crowd-pleasers by the likes of Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie and Billy Joel.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Jan. 2026
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Perhaps China’s aggressive state spending, open-source AI coding, and interest in ordinary use cases for the technology will ultimately give the country an edge over American firms that are expensively chasing revolutionary applications for a more theoretical product.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
3 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Dunk eventually became Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, serving honorably and admirably.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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He was honorably discharged with the rank of sergeant but was never deployed.—
Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Her other top picks include luxuriously soft wide-leg pants, a high-neck midi dress, and a silk maxi skirt, all of which are machine washable.—
Michelle Baricevic,
InStyle,
4 Feb. 2026
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This luxuriously comforting dinner is just what the doctor called for.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
21 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Just weeks after heroically saving a neighbor’s choking 1-year-old girl, an NYPD officer was at it again, saving the life of a 2-year-old boy who had stopped breathing in his Bronx home.—
Barry Williams,
New York Daily News,
29 Jan. 2026
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First into his life comes Jessie involved in a shipwreck with her uncle, a past colleague of Mason’s, who drowns in a vicious storm and almost takes Jessie down with him before she is heroically rescued from near death by Mason, who brings her out of the drink and then back to life.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
28 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Will Vicari’s wig and makeup design complete the extravagantly artificial fashion of the period.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Duvalier and his family lived extravagantly while Haiti suffered in poverty and violence.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Democrats writ large got a massive shot in the arm Tuesday night with key victories in Virginia, New Jersey, California and New York City that President Trump even acknowledged Wednesday morning.—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
6 Nov. 2025
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That’s probably because the shoes come up large and were slightly too wide in our regular size.—
Jessica Macdonald,
Travel + Leisure,
9 June 2025
Adverb
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But it’s also richly informed by intuition.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2026
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Commoners were considered poor, but had a richly varied diet at a time when the English elite had come to favor meat, wheat, and sugar, the precursor to today’s fast-food diet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The Peacock Alley leads via a long and airy corridor with hallmarks of Art Deco architecture high above.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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After charging to a quick 5-0 lead and holding on — literally, in some cases — for dear life as Martinez rallied, Hruby celebrated her victory with arms held high and flashed double threes at the crowd.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
22 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Grandly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandly. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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