victoriouslyadv.
/vɪkˈtɔːrɪəsli/, U.S. /vɪkˈtɔriəsli/ In a victorious manner; triumphantly.
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society > armed hostility > victory > [adverb]
triumphouslyc1468
victoriously1502
triumphantly1548
triumphingly1554
in triumpha1616
triumphally1897
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adverb] > with success or victory
victoriously1502
triumphingly1554
in triumpha1616
triumphantly1855
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) v. vi. sig. qq.vi Of as moche that they ben escaped, the more vyctoryously.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxvii. f. ciii He..bare hym so victoryously agayne the Danys, that he forced theym to obeye to all theyr former promyse & condycions.
1534 Act 26 Hen. VIII c. 3 §1 His majestie hathe moste victoriously..defendyd and governyd this his Realme.
1626 W. Gouge Dignitie Chivalrie §6 [They] waged many battels valiantly and victoriously.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 96 All whom he is said victoriously to have vanquished.
1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. xii. Argt. Hector..enters at the Head of his Troops, who victoriously pursue the Grecians even to their Ships.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Triumphantly Victoriously; with success.
1827 T. De Quincey Last Days Kant in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 134 Over all which the benignity and nobility of his mind are seen victoriously eminent to the last.
1884 Manch. Examiner 8 Apr. 5/1 The Bill..in due course..will be sent victoriously to the House of Lords.
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