proudly
/ˈpɹaʊdli/
proudly adverb: in a proud manner.
Adverb
proudly (comparative proudlier or more proudly, superlative proudliest or most proudly)
- In a proud manner.
- And with domes and pinnacles the dreams arose and stood up proudly between the river and the sky, all shimmering white to the morning.1906, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], Time and the Gods, London: William Heineman, →OCLC, page 1
- A word of warning: You might notice a few more unshaved upper lips proudly displayed by men in the next few weeks.2011 November 1, Emily Smith, “‘Movember’ gets hairy, for a cause”, in CNN
proudly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
proudly in Hindi
- गर्व से
proudly in Tamil
- பெருமையுடன்
proudly in Marathi
- अभिमानाने, गर्वाने
proudly in Urdu
- فخریہ, گھمنڈ سے
More languagesFewer languages
- proudly in Bengali
- সদম্ভে, অহংকার করে, কার্যকরীভাবে
- proudly in Malayalam
- സാഭിമാനം, അഭിമാനപൂർവ്വം, ഗർവ്വോടെ
- proudly in Kannada
- ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಯಿಂದ
- proudly in Gujarati
- ગર્વથી
Examples of proudly in a sentence
- 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.2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph, archived from the original on 05 Dec...
- "We delivered [the project] £5 million under budget and on time," Hardwick says proudly.2023 November 29, Richard Foster, “Tyne & Wear Metro goes with the flow”, in RAIL, number 997, page 35:
Forms of proudly
| comparative | proudlier |
|---|---|
| comparative | more proudly |
| superlative | proudliest |
| superlative | most proudly |
| alternative form | prowdly |
Origin of proudly
From Middle English proutly, proudliche, prudeliche, prudliche, prouteliche, from Old English prūtlīċe, equivalent to proud + -ly.
Questions about proudly
- What does proudly mean?
- Proudly means in a proud manner.
- What is proudly in Hindi?
- Proudly in Hindi is गर्व से. See Proudly meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use proudly in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is proudly?
- Proudly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce proudly?
- Proudly is pronounced /ˈpɹaʊdli/.
Words near proudly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: proudly (page history and authors); proudly (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proudly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); proudly (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proudly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); proudly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); proudly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); proudly (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proudly (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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