Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a glorious or illustrious manner.
- Boastfully; vauntingly; ostentatiously.
- Hilariously; with reckless jollity.
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- adverb In a
glorious manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with glory or in a glorious manner
- adverb blessedly or wonderfully
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Examples
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Three days of cutting, weeding, and scraping, in gloriously hot weather cooled by dips in the river, and it was done.
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But when I bought tickets for what was billed as "classical Chinese dance and music in gloriously colorful and exhilarating shows", I was expecting just that.
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All of it swings, but in gloriously askew fashion.
A Piano 'Genius' Finds His Edge Larry Blumenfeld 2010
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Then, as he opened his eyes, he cried out ‘Hllljh!’, for written there, shining gloriously from the tablet of light were the holy words that proved him worthy.
365 tomorrows » 2008 » December : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2008
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Then, as he opened his eyes, he cried out ‘Hllljh!’, for written there, shining gloriously from the tablet of light were the holy words that proved him worthy.
365 tomorrows » Divine Revelation : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2008
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What am I doing with all of that "extra time" I have, now that I am once again gloriously single?
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: October 2005 Archives 2005
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What am I doing with all of that "extra time" I have, now that I am once again gloriously single?
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In body and brain, wherever she touches life, woman is changing gloriously from the mere creature of sex, all her race-functions held in abeyance, to the fully developed human being, none the less true woman for being more truly human.
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"Ellen, dear, – he whose hand raised up those mountains and has painted them so gloriously is the very same One who has said, to you and to me, 'Ask and it shall be given you."'
The Wide, Wide World 1892
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How gloriously is Christ here exhibited; not, as in other places, as the Medium, but as the Dispenser of all spiritual blessings!
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