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gloriously, adv.|ˈglɔərɪəslɪ|
[f. glorious a. + -ly2.]
In a glorious manner.
†1. Boastfully, proudly, vaingloriously. Obs.
1566W. Adlington Apuleius, Life (1596) A 3 b, He gloriously calleth himself the nourice of Carthage. 1599B. Jonson Ev. Man out Hum. ii. i, I speake it not gloriously, nor out of affectation. 1602J. Clapham Hist. Eng. 59 Such as before the Battell were so wary and wise in aduenturing..after the euent..grew to speake gloriously of themselues. 1660tr. Amyraldus' Treat. conc. Relig. i. v. 73 How gloriously they vaunt of their inventions.
2. With an accompaniment of glory or renown; illustriously.
a1340Hampole Psalter Cant. 503 Gloriously he is worshipid. 1382Wyclif Luke xiii. 17 Al the peple ioyede in al thingis, that weren don gloriously of him. 1494Fabyan Chron. iii. liii. 35 Whenne that this Kymbalyne had reygned gloryously ouer the Brytons [etc.]. 1500–20Dunbar Poems lxxvii. 38 The nobill Stewarts syne, of great renoun, Thow gart upspring, with branches new and greine, Sa gloriouslie, quhill glaided all the toun. 1711Addison Spect. No. 165 ⁋1 Our Warriors..are so gloriously successful in beating down their Power. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. III. 137 This narrow pass of Thermopylae, where Leonidas and the three hundred Spartans had gloriously devoted their lives. 1841James Brigand xiv, The purpose may..pass away, war be continued gloriously and long, and France be ruined.
3. Brilliantly, splendidly; † brightly, lustrously. Now only with emotional connotation; cf. glorious a. 4, 5.
1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xx. 15 The glose gloryousliche was wryte wyth a gylt penne. c1400Three Kings Cologne 5 Gloriously propheciede of þe Incarnacioun of oure lorde Ihesu Crist. c1420Lydg. Assemb. Gods 823 Gloryously besene, as he had come from heuyn. 1529Frith Antithesis Wks. (1572) 101 Tombes well gilt with many a torch and great solemnitie, with angels gloriously portered. 1586Spenser Death Sidney 94 Those beames Of vertue kindled in his noble brest, Which after did so gloriously forth shine. 1644Evelyn Diary 17 Oct. (1879) I. 98 The house is most magnificently built without, nor less gloriously furnish'd within. 1697W. Dampier Voy. I. 427 These Rings when first polished look very gloriously, but time makes them fade, and turn to a pale yellow. 1717Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to C'tess Mar 18 Apr., I never saw anything so gloriously beautiful. 1868Holme Lee B. Godfrey xxxvi. 197 The children enjoyed it gloriously. 1870Spurgeon Treas. Dav. xxxii. title, David wrote this gloriously evangelic Psalm. 1885Manch. Exam. 10 Sept. 5/5 This morning the weather opened gloriously fine.
ironical.1834Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) I. 249, I draw my own conclusions, and most gloriously ridiculous ones they are, I sometimes fancy.
4. colloq. With reference to intoxication. (Cf. glorious a. 6.)
1784Cowper Task iv. 510 Drink, and be mad then; 'tis your country bids! Gloriously drunk obey th' important call! 1843A. Bethune Sc. Fireside Stor. 50 Dr. Bridges was in a state which may be described as gloriously drunk. |