transcription, транскрипция: [ grændli ]
1.
You say that someone speaks or behaves grandly when they are trying to impress other people.
He grandly declared that ‘international politics is a struggle for power’.
ADV : usu ADV with v , also ADV adj [ disapproval ]
2.
You use grandly in expressions such as ‘grandly named’ or ‘grandly called’ to say that the name of a place or thing makes it sound much more impressive than it really is. ( mainly BRIT )
Lucille’s home was very grandly called a chateau, though in truth it was nothing more than a large moated farm.
ADV : ADV adj , ADV before v