Adjective : grandiose words. ,a grandiose scheme. From Dictionary.com.
"Here I am," I announce grandiosely, spreading out my arms. From Wordnik.com. [Nickel and Dimed]
"Meretricious mental masturbation!" the Tolian concluded grandiosely. From Wordnik.com. [Bloodhype]
Herein (I want to suggest a bit grandiosely) lies the essence of Christology. From Wordnik.com. [John Seery: Ann Coulter Has a Point, Kind Of (Hear Me Out...)] Reference
The residents of Haven were the ones who termed Haven, grandiosely, a Lordcity. From Wordnik.com. [The Soulforge]
She pulls away from Dela and bows grandiosely, feathers fluttering around her head. From Wordnik.com. [Valentines, part the first] Reference
He grandiosely said, "I won't leave the White House as long as they're in captivity.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 13, 2009] Reference
Listen to Joseph Cirincione on Fresh Air explain that the Neocons are “grandiosely paranoid.”. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » President Bush and Islamo-Mush] Reference
"Leave me here, and I will never send my ships to rescue your father!" he informed her grandiosely. From Wordnik.com. [The Mad Ship]
And thus Chavez pursues his grandiosely empty inaugurations hoping that he can keep fooling people 2. From Wordnik.com. [10/15/2006 - 10/22/2006] Reference
You then begin to get some idea of how much deception they use and perhaps how grandiosely they view themselves. From Wordnik.com. [The Jigsaw Man]
It was to this warehouse-or the guild hall as it was grandiosely termed-that Usha and Dougan turned their steps. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons Of Summer Flame]
At the same time Scowcroft writes rather grandiosely of the implications of this strategy for the future of the US. From Wordnik.com. [New World Disorder] Reference
Another of the great dragons, a Green known grandiosely as Beryllinthranox was also not able to sleep through the storm. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons of a Fallen Sun]
By far the poorest thing we had yet seen, this “town” had been grandiosely described to the first Expedition at Zibá. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian] Reference
Mayor Sluss put down the high sugar-loaf hat he wore and said, grandiosely, as was his manner even in the direst extremity. From Wordnik.com. [The Titan] Reference
Pointing out 'the pink bits' on the world map, his teacher grandiosely catechizes the students on the reach of the British Empire. From Wordnik.com. [A Very Satisfied Survivor] Reference
Or is this yet another example of the Times grandiosely generalizing from a bunch of upper-middle-class coastal-big-city suburbanites?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-04-01] Reference
Obama's economic program has been grandiosely compared to the New Deal. From Wordnik.com. [Israelated - English Israel blogs] Reference
Was it not thinking too grandiosely to attribute to the actions of such. From Wordnik.com. [A Life's Morning] Reference
Though the campaign admits one only, two of the grandiosely titled 'operations'. From Wordnik.com. [Voodoo Extreme] Reference
Saint-Romans to offer it, newly furnished and grandiosely restored, to his mother. From Wordnik.com. [The Nabob] Reference
'Anything that his Excellency requires shall be forthcoming,' he added grandiosely. From Wordnik.com. [In Kedar's Tents] Reference
We are here in the presence of a magnificent effort to deal grandiosely with a stupendous theme. From Wordnik.com. [History of Holland] Reference
By far the poorest thing we had yet seen, this "town" had been grandiosely described to the first. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian — Volume 2] Reference
She saw Ferriday marching grandiosely along the street, with his head bared to the cool moonlight. From Wordnik.com. [We Can't Have Everything] Reference
The moderator expected to treat both sides fairly has grandiosely declared this the "Age of Obama.". From Wordnik.com. [CNSNews.com Headlines] Reference
They'd cure cancer with a press conference, announcing grandiosely that everyone had been consulted. From Wordnik.com. [hvg.hu] Reference
Kars followed his personal baggage which a quayside porter had taken on to the grandiosely named mail train. From Wordnik.com. [The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon] Reference
But just six months later, it's even better thanks to the perhaps grandiosely named Samsung Eternity SGH-a867. From Wordnik.com. [MobileTechReview] Reference
"I could lay my finger on him," thought Larkin, and he did so -- five fingers, somewhat grandiosely upon the chest. From Wordnik.com. [It, and Other Stories] Reference
Apple has grandiosely claimed that the iPad is creating an entirely new product category, and I think they're right. From Wordnik.com. [TechCrunch] Reference
Not only is it eccentric itself -- often grandiosely so; it also tolerates and even encourages eccentricity in others. From Wordnik.com. [Crome Yellow] Reference
There is a scatter of ragged huts, grandiosely designated as the barracks, on the level space where the Haussas parade. From Wordnik.com. [To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative] Reference
I watched him until he had sauntered slowly and grandiosely to the corner, around which he turned to reach his great warehouse and store. From Wordnik.com. [Options] Reference
But all this is now repeated for us more imposingly, more grandiosely; -- it is wrought upon a larger scale than anything we have yet seen. From Wordnik.com. [Two Years in the French West Indies] Reference
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