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adv.• grandemente adv.'grændlia) ( impressively) <conceived/planned> grandiosamenteb) (self-importantly, pompously) <walk/announce> presuntuosamente['ɡrændlɪ]ADV1) (=impressively)2) (=importantly) [announce, proclaim] (=solemnly) solemnemente, con solemnidad; (=pompously) pomposamente, en tono pomposo; [stand, walk] majestuosamente"my daughter's a PhD," he said grandly — -mi hija tiene un doctorado -dijo pomposamente or en tono pomposo
what was grandly named "the Palace" — lo que grandiosamente or pomposamente llamaban "el Palacio"
* * *['grændli]a) ( impressively) <conceived/planned> grandiosamenteb) (self-importantly, pompously) <walk/announce> presuntuosamente
См. также в других словарях:
self-importantly — adverb see self important … New Collegiate Dictionary
self-importantly — See self important. * * * … Universalium
self-importantly — See: self important … English dictionary
self-importantly — adverb see self important … Useful english dictionary
self-importantly — in a boastful manner, arrogantly … English contemporary dictionary
self-important — self importance, n. self importantly, adv. /self im pawr tnt, self /, adj. having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one s own importance; pompously conceited or haughty. [1765 75] * * * … Universalium
self-important — self im portant adj behaving in a way that shows you think you are more important than other people used to show disapproval ▪ a self important, pompous little man >self importance n [U] >self importantly adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
self-important — /sɛlf ɪmˈpɔtnt / (say self im pawtnt) adjective having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one s own importance; conceited or pompous. –self importance, noun –self importantly, adverb …
self-important — adjective Date: 1766 having or showing self importance • self importantly adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
self-importance — noun an exaggerated sense of one s own value or importance. Derivatives self important adjective self importantly adverb … English new terms dictionary
self-important — adjective behaving in a way that shows you think you are more important than other people: a self important, pompous little man self importantly adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
