gloriously

English

Etymology

glorious +‎ -ly

Adverb

gloriously (comparative more gloriously, superlative most gloriously)

1. In a glorious manner.
   • 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, “Queen Pomaree”, in Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 309:

     […] Tanee was accosted by certain good fellows, friends and boon companions, who condoled with him on his misfortunes—railed against the queen, and finally dragged him away to an illicit vender of spirits, in whose house the party got gloriously mellow.

   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     'With love shall life roll gloriously on from year to year, like the voice of some great music that hath power to hold the hearer's heart poised on eagles' wings above the sordid shame and folly of the earth.'

   • 1989 April 4 [1987 August], Dezhi Yang, “Regulations”, in Leo Kanner Associates, transl., For Peace [Weile Heping]‎^[1], Foreign Technology Division, →OCLC, page 113:

     That year when he came to Korea, he was already thirty-one years old. Once while carrying out an emergency repair of a bridge, he volunteered to climb barehanded up a seventeen meter high isolated steel beam. He did so and brought down some materials. In addition, he paid no heed to danger during the flooding and set up floating bridges three times, victoriously completing his mission. To everyone's sorrow, on May 15th, 1952, our hero, while repairing the Qingchuan River Bridge, was gloriously martyred. His company was named the "Yang Liandi Company".

   • 2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian‎^[2], archived from the original on 15 November 2016:

     The elimination of [Roger] Federer after [Rafael] Nadal's loss to Lukas Rosol would have created mild panic among the fans of these gloriously gifted but now clearly vulnerable geniuses.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gloriousliche, gloryously, gloriousely, gloriousli, gloriosely, glorieusely, gloryousliche

Etymology

From glorious +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔːriuːsliː/, /ˈɡlɔːriusliː/, /ˈɡlɔːriuːsliːtʃ(ə)/

Adverb

gloriously

1. In a glorious or wonderful way (especially in religious contexts)
2. (Late Middle English) In an attractive or pleasing way; in a way that displays beauty.

Descendants

• English: gloriously

References

• “glōriǒuslī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-04.