proudly Definition

proud
adj

1. Feeling satisfaction, delight, etc with one's own or another's accomplishments, possessions, etc.

Form: proud of someone (often)
Form: proud of something
2. Said of an event, occasion, etc: arousing justifiable pride.

Example: a proud day
3. Arrogant; conceited.

Thesaurus: egotistic, conceited, arrogant, self-important, snobbish, stuck-up (slang), snotty (slang), snooty (slang); vain, haughty, overbearing, overweening, presumptuous, prideful; Antonym: humble.
4. Concerned for one's dignity and self-respect.
5. Honoured; gratified; delighted.
6. Splendid; imposing; distinguished.

Example: a proud sight
Thesaurus: dignified, august, noble, great, illustrious, stately, majestic, magnificent, distinguished, grand, eminent, lofty, glorious.
7. poetic
Lofty; high.
8. technical
Projecting slightly from the surrounding surface.
Example: the top edge standing proud
9. Said of flesh: forming a protuberant mass round a healing wound.

Derivative: proudly
adverb

Derivative: proudness
noun

Idiom: do oneself proud

To succeed gloriously.

Idiom: do someone proud

To entertain or treat them grandly.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon prud.