proudly

English

Alternative forms

• prowdly (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹaʊdli/

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Adverb

proudly (comparative proudlier or more proudly, superlative proudliest or most proudly)

1. In a proud manner.
   • 1906, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], Time and the Gods‎^[1], London: William Heineman, →OCLC, page 1:

     And with domes and pinnacles the dreams arose and stood up proudly between the river and the sky, all shimmering white to the morning.

   • 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph‎^[2]:

     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.

   • 2023 November 29, Richard Foster, “Tyne & Wear Metro goes with the flow”, in RAIL, number 997, page 35:

     "We delivered [the project] £5 million under budget and on time," Hardwick says proudly.

Translations

in a proud manner

• Bulgarian: гордо (bg) (gordo)
• Catalan: orgullosament (ca)
• French: fièrement (fr)
• Italian: fieramente (it)
• Korean: 자랑스럽게 (jarangseureopge)
• Norman: fiéthement
• Old English: ofermōdlīċe
• Polish: dumnie (pl)
• Portuguese: orgulhosamente (pt)
• Spanish: fieramente (es), orgullosamente
• Swedish: stolt (sv)