pridefully
- adverb
- /ˈpraɪd.fəl.i/
- 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.
- That's how I would evaluate us, pridefully but unashamedly at the same time.
Examples
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For example, the desire for significance can drive us to pridefully seek out our own mission.
Blog text (16) -
And if you pridefully pat yourself on the back because you have not sinned in your actions, are you clean in your mind?
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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.
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He spoke pridefully about his achievements during the graduation ceremony.
Synonyms
Showing you feel happy about something you did or are part of
With pride and happiness after a success
In a way that shows someone thinks they are better than other people
In a proud way that shows you think you are better than others
To act in a way that attracts attention and impresses people
Behave in a proud, unfriendly way to show you feel better than others
In a proud, showy way to seem more important than others
In a proud way that shows you feel better than other people
In a proud way that shows off your achievements
Acting as if you are better than other people
To act in a very proud way that ignores other people
In a way that shows too much pride in yourself
In a way that shows too much pride in what you have done or how you look
Talking about things you did to show you are proud
In a proud way that shows you want others to admire you
In a proud way that shows you think you are better than others
In a way that shows you think you are better than others
In a proud, showy way to get attention
In a way that openly shows off to get attention
Behaving as if you are better than other people
Antonyms
How Proud
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.