jubilantly

English

WOTD – 30 December 2007

Etymology

jubilant +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuː.bɪ.lənt.li/, /ˈd͡ʒuː.bə.lənt.li/

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Adverb

jubilantly (comparative more jubilantly, superlative most jubilantly)

1. With jubilation or triumph.
   • 1910, Jack London, chapter 7, in Burning Daylight, part II:

     The socialist press of the city jubilantly exploited this utterance, scattering it broadcast over San Francisco in tens of thousands of paper dodgers.

   • 1922, Rafael Sabatini, “chapter XXIV”, in Captain Blood:

     Having written jubilantly home to the Secretary of State that his mission had succeeded, he was now faced with the necessity of writing again to confess that this success had been ephemeral.

Synonyms

• (with jubilation): delightedly, elatedly, joyfully

Translations

with jubilation or triumph

• Finnish: riemukkaasti (fi), riemuiten (fi)
• Hungarian: ujjongva
• Polish: radośnie (pl), tryumfalnie
• Spanish: jubilosamente (es)