Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a triumphant manner; in the manner of a victor; with the joy or exultation that proceeds from victory; victoriously: often implying insolent triumph.
- Festively; rejoicingly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a triumphant manner.
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- adverb In a
triumphant manner.
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- adverb in a triumphant manner
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Examples
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But however you read The Fall of Troyas a love story and mystery told in Homeric style, or as a deeper meditation on the relationship between reality and imaginationAckroyd the novelist re-emerges triumphantly from the mud of his excavations.
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We are the best of the best, McIlwain triumphantly stated as he began his speech.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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“Belote again!” someone called triumphantly from the right.
Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1963
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Pearl now brought him in triumphantly and introduced him to Mrs. Perkins and Martha.
The Second Chance 1910
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Asahel jumped in triumphantly, and again slowly clearing the rocks the little boat took the tide and the impulse of a strong arm at once, and shot off down the stream.
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"justify" was intended to express precisely the opposite of "holding guilty"; and consequently (as Calvin triumphantly argues) that it means
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"Now," she called triumphantly, "let your policeman telephone for the Sheriff and a posse!
More Tish Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
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But, say, "he called triumphantly a moment later, as he stooped and picked up a small object from the floor," they will find out if you don't hide these 'ere pep'mints! "
Across the Years 1894
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She was on her feet calling triumphantly to the other patrons.
Sweet Myth-tery of Life Asprin, Robert 1994
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Isabelle Ray-Belle she was called triumphantly -- whose dimpled cheeks flushed scarlet for almost any cause, some said for very coquetry.
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"I punched him in the stomach three times," said Tom triumphantly.
October 20, 2007