He certainly hadn't taken a First, and seemed to be absurdly proud of the fact.

He watched her for a moment, absurdly proud of her smoother strokes.

Feeling absurdly proud of herself, Mary Ann carried the cage back down to the camp.

I know you are absurdly proud and independent, but you've got to listen to horse sense over this.

Jaxom winked at Piemur, who felt absurdly proud of the easy way Jancis interacted with his little queen.

Four pots I got, and felt absurdly proud of myself as the sunlight, streaming through the window, made the rich colour glow more beautifully even than wine.

Carey gives us the flawed, utterly romantic anti-hero of high Victorian fiction--absurdly tall, absurdly shy, absurdly proud, absurdly trusting, Maggs is a sighted Edward Rochester, a kinder Heathcliff.

Possibly his morn had told him, absurdly proud.

I shook my head, feeling absurdly proud.

He looked absurdly proud of himself, and I laughed.