proudly

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1. In a proud manner.

   "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

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   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

   With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. 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 2012