proudly

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
proud/praʊd/

▶adjective

• 1 feeling pride or satisfaction in one's own or another's achievements.

  ■ literary imposing; splendid.

• 2 having or showing a high opinion of oneself.

  ■ conscious of one's own dignity.

• 3 slightly projecting from a surface.

  ■ (of flesh) overgrown round a healing wound.

– phrases
do someone proud informal act in a way that gives someone cause to feel pleased or satisfied.

■ treat or entertain someone very well.

– derivatives
proudly adverb,
proudness noun.

– origin OE prūt, prūd, from OFr. prud ‘valiant’, based on L. prodesse ‘be of value’.