Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a victorious manner; with defeat of an enemy or antagonist; triumphantly.

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  • adverb in a victorious manner; as part of a victory

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  • adverb in a victorious manner

Etymologies

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victorious +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Through dark the time in, which we live, let us hope by uniting our efforts and centering our activities around the land with unfailing heads, hearts and hands, this Canada of ours will soon emerge victoriously from the waves of depression.

    A Habitant Looks Over Canada 1933

  • And that Moncada of the old ideas, of old selfish sentiments, of old habits of thinking and ways of viewing everything, and of resolving problems has not yet been completely taken. (applause) There is a vanguard which is breaking through victoriously, which is taking the first redoubts and which is advancing unceasingly along that path, and that vanguard consists, without any doubts of any kind, of our youth. (applause)

    14TH ANNIVERSARY-ATTACK ON MONCADA BARRACKS 1967

  • The only misfortune was that when Tricotrin called victoriously upon

    A Chair on the Boulevard Leonard Merrick 1901

  • It ended in May of 2003, when George W. Bush stood below a "Mission Accomplished" sign aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln and correctly declared that we had "victoriously" defeated the Iraqi army and overthrown their government. '

    Reclaim the Issues - "Occupation, Not War" 2006

  • President Suleiman's speech began with how Lebanon 'victoriously' extracted UN resolution

    MarxistFromLebanon 2009

  • Accomplished "sign aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln and correctly declared that we had" victoriously "defeated the Iraqi army and overthrown their government.

    Reclaim the Issues - "Occupation, Not War" 2006

  • As she runs offstage victoriously, Gretchen lays hands on Michael and Andy -- not hugging them, exactly, but kind of high-fiving their sternums.

    Una LaMarche: Project Runway Finale: Part One Recap Una LaMarche 2010

  • On July 15, 1099, this willfully chosen campaign ended victoriously when the crusaders conquered Jerusalem.

    Jay Rubenstein: Myths About Crusade Myths: Were They Defensive Wars? Jay Rubenstein 2011

  • On July 15, 1099, this willfully chosen campaign ended victoriously when the crusaders conquered Jerusalem.

    Jay Rubenstein: Myths About Crusade Myths: Were They Defensive Wars? Jay Rubenstein 2011

  • The one that department officials appeared to flaunt around victoriously, "takfirism," deriving from the Arabic word "takfir," which refers to apostasy in Islam, continued to affirmatively support what the U.S. media and public and even government officials had already suggested: an understanding of "terrorism" in Arab or Muslim terms.

    Maytha Alhassen: From 9/11 To 8/22: My Arab-American Muslim Father Was A Victim Of American Terrorism Maytha Alhassen 2011

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