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pridefully

pridefully

1 6.6
In a way that shows you feel better than others
  • adverb
  • /ˈpraɪd.fəl.i/
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  • They pridefully displayed their trophies, showcasing their hard work and success.

That's how I would evaluate us, pridefully but unashamedly at the same time.

Examples

  • For example, the desire for significance can drive us to pridefully seek out our own mission.

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  • And if you pridefully pat yourself on the back because you have not sinned in your actions, are you clean in your mind?

  • I reveled in bragging pridefully to my grade school friends.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Looking out the window, he tried to picture the camp as it had been only a few weeks earlier, with captains and lieutenants strutting about pridefully.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Egan braced himself for disconnect, weathered it with a grimace, and walked pridefully to the door.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • The athlete walked pridefully onto the podium to accept her gold medal.

  • He spoke pridefully about his achievements during the graduation ceremony.

Synonyms

proudly
vspridefully
143 1.0

Showing you feel happy about something you did or are part of

is more likely to be excessive or show arrogance rather than neutral pride
triumphantly
vspridefully
15 4.1

With pride and happiness after a success

is more often about excessive pride or superiority than joyful success
arrogantly
vspridefully
8 4.8

In a way that shows someone thinks they are better than other people

is proud yet may not always overstate personal importance
smugly
vspridefully
8 6.0

In a proud way that shows you think you are better than others

is proud but may be less quietly self-satisfied
ostentatiously
vspridefully
3 7.9

To act in a way that attracts attention and impresses people

is proud but not always intended to impress or call attention
haughtily
vspridefully
2 6.6

Behave in a proud, unfriendly way to show you feel better than others

is proud but may not include that unfriendly superiority
pompously
vspridefully
1 7.7

In a proud, showy way to seem more important than others

is proud but can be less formal or grand in expression
loftily
vspridefully
1 7.2

In a proud way that shows you feel better than other people

is proud but can be less about showing a superior stance
boastfully
vspridefully
1 5.4

In a proud way that shows off your achievements

is proud but may not display that specific bragging behaviour
conceitedly
vspridefully
7.2

Acting as if you are better than other people

is proud but may not always show such extreme self-belief
overweeningly
vspridefully
  • Formal
9.9

To act in a very proud way that ignores other people

is proud but can be less intensely inflated in self-view
hubristically
vspridefully
  • Formal
9.7

In a way that shows too much pride in yourself

is proud but may be less marked by extreme self-confidence
vaingloriously
vspridefully
  • Literature
9.3

In a way that shows too much pride in what you have done or how you look

is proud yet can be less about outward boasting or vanity
vauntingly
vspridefully
  • Archaic
9.9

Talking about things you did to show you are proud

is proud but does not always involve such open loudness
boastingly
vspridefully
7.1

In a proud way that shows you want others to admire you

is proud but can be expressed without overt public praise
self-conceitedly
vspridefully
9.2

In a proud way that shows you think you are better than others

is proud but may not always present superiority to others
toweringly
vspridefully
8.0

In a way that shows you think you are better than others

is proud but may not express that very high superiority feeling
swaggeringly
vspridefully
8.1

In a proud, showy way to get attention

is proud but may be less focused on showy attention getting
flauntingly
vspridefully
7.5

In a way that openly shows off to get attention

is proud but may be less about openly showing or displaying
uppishly
vspridefully
  • Informal
9.8

Behaving as if you are better than other people

is proud but can be less socially snobbish or class based

Antonyms

54 3.1

To act without showing pride or wanting praise

How Proud

boastfully
1 5.4
haughtily
2 6.6
arrogantly
8 4.8
pridefully
1 6.6
proudly
143 1.0

Surface Forms

pridefully positive

Morphology

pridefully = prideful (transparent) = pride + ful + ly

The adverb is regularly formed by adding '-ly' to the adjective 'prideful', which itself clearly means 'full of pride'.

Etymology

The word pridefully comes from the parts pride, -ful, and -ly, where pride means 'a strong feeling of self-worth'. So, pridefully means 'in a way full of pride' — imagine someone walking with their head high, often showing too much pride.