grandiloquently
- adverb
- /ɡrænˈdɪləkwəntli/
- Literature
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grandilocuentemente
- She wrote her essay grandiloquently, filled with flowery phrases and complex words to make her point.
Examples
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Great stone cliffs, with the sun glaring directly out from them, and the surf crashing to smithereens on the rocks below: it was so obviously, grandiloquently the end of Europe that he had to laugh.
Fiction book (1991) -
In this way, the social instrument termed language has contributed to what is grandiloquently described as 'man's emancipation from bondage to the concrete.'
Blog text (33) -
The politician spoke grandiloquently during the debate, using elaborate language to impress the audience.
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At the ceremony, he grandiloquently praised the achievements of the award recipients, making them feel celebrated.
Synonyms
3
7.9
To act in a way that attracts attention and impresses people
1
7.7
In a proud, showy way to seem more important than others
1
7.6
In a way that tries to seem more important or special than it is
1
7.2
In a proud way that shows you feel better than other people
1
8.5
In a showy, exaggerated way to impress people
In a way that uses very fancy words to sound important
In a showy, proud way using big, fancy words
In a long, fancy way that sounds too important when speaking or writing
In a self-important, bossy way as if always right
To act in a very proud way that ignores other people
In a way that shows you think you are better than others
Antonyms
How Ornate
Surface Forms
Morphology
grandiloquently = grandiloquent (semi-transparent) = grandiloquent + ly
The suffix '-ly' transparently forms an adverb from 'grandiloquent', but the base word itself is complex and not fully transparent to most learners.
Etymology
Grandiloquently comes from the parts grand ('large, impressive') and the root loqu ('to speak'), the same idea you find in eloquent. So, to speak grandiloquently is to speak in a showy, very formal way.