The mansion seemed grandly large by today's standards. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
She thanked him nicely, but rather 'grandly' -- not at all as if she was not accustomed to lots of servants and attention, which I was pleased at. From Wordnik.com. [My New Home] Reference
The title grandly proclaims. From Wordnik.com. [England Under Hitler]
Gisella called grandly to Otik, sweeping out through the open door. From Wordnik.com. [Kendermore]
How soon Jonson drifted into what we now call grandly "the theatrical profession" we do not know. From Wordnik.com. [Every Man in His Humor] Reference
Max called grandly from the shadows and moved in the way, Tex beside him, covering the King and Peter Marlowe. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
I wrote a blogpost called grandly "Why People Are Conservative" once, where I mentioned this very point, Pogo. From Wordnik.com. [Why are libertarians so interested in philosophy?] Reference
His features have Napoleon's magnificent regularity -- his expression recalls the grandly calm, immovable power of the Great Soldier's face. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman in White] Reference
"Of course, for me," Katie said, winking grandly at the others. From Wordnik.com. [Losing Married Women] Reference
Young Carl called it, grandly: the Championship of America Meet. From Wordnik.com. [A Long Leap Of Faith] Reference
He is as preachy as ever and refers to himself grandly as "Gorbachev.". From Wordnik.com. [Gorbachev: Capitalist Tool] Reference
The first sounds grandly Shakespearean, the second merely descriptive. From Wordnik.com. [Helen Vendler's new commentary on Emily Dickinson, reviewed by Michael Dirda] Reference
Think how nature has risen grandly up to meet every occasion for new resources. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
These gifts were grandly climaxed by the erection of a chapel to commemorate the. From Wordnik.com. [Frank H. Nelson of Cincinnati] Reference
The English love landscapes, from the intimately homey to the grandly forbidding. From Wordnik.com. [Bringing It All Back Home] Reference
"Shannon," her coach announced grandly, "is the epitome of the great female athlete.". From Wordnik.com. [Flying High Now] Reference
The mountains rose grandly on every side, throwing up their great peaks into the sky. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
As Tone himself might grandly say: "I'm still big, it was the signings that got small.". From Wordnik.com. [We're doomed if most women want a male boss] Reference
"I am going to undo every entitled impulse ever drilled into you," she tells him grandly. From Wordnik.com. [2010 Fall TV Lineup: 10 New Shows Worth Checking Out] Reference
And then, in 1910, Jim Jeffries grandly un-retired - largely at the urging of people like London. From Wordnik.com. [A True Champion Vs. The 'Great White Hope'] Reference
Not grandly bidding farewell to "all this beauty," as a character did in his outrageous novel "Faggots.". From Wordnik.com. [The Angry Prophet Is Dying] Reference
He spilled grandly backwards, tumbled downhill, came to rest in a bed of browned pine needles, and died. From Wordnik.com. [What the Father Said] Reference
Mrs. Grebby gazes in awestruck wonder at the grandly dressed visitors, and her daughter's elaborate clothes. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
Meanwhile, the grandly named Convention on the Future of Europe began with great fanfare last month in Brussels. From Wordnik.com. [TURNING OFF THE LIGHTS] Reference
"In a complex society, it's good to know there is a place where everything is purity and serenity," says Starck grandly. From Wordnik.com. [And Now, Miami Nice] Reference
Although Brasilia waxes grandly about a hale new class of rural entrepreneurs, most settlers seem more like welfare cases. From Wordnik.com. [A Plot Of Their Own] Reference
What I can now say is that the correspondents who permitted this legend to go over the world must have been grandly entertained by the. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
I know that this stuff probably doesn't sound fun and breezy or grandly inspirational the way a commencement speech is supposed to sound. From Wordnik.com. [What the Graduates Heard] Reference
The two headlands are grandly lashed by breaking waves in rough weather, while the interlying beach is swept with great rolling breakers. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
The caverns at Mawgan Porth are remarkably fine, and the grandly wild stretch of beach can hardly be spoken of with too great enthusiasm. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
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