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triumphantly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /traɪˈʌmfəntli/ (Southern-England)

Etymology

Etymology tree English triumphant Middle English -ly English -ly English triumphantly From triumphant + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a triumphant manner.
   • Hath not the same fierce heirdom given Rome to the Caesar—this to me? The heritage of a kingly mind, And a proud spirit which hath striven Triumphantly with human kind. 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:
   • "Spuds - Jim - Jimmy?" he ran his fingers reflectively through his hair, and frowned. "Bowles," he added triumphantly. 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 6:
   • All around the Giants are signs and symbols of change and progression, from the once-isolated head coach, who was spotted Sunday night triumphantly bearhugging a player, to the acutely boyish quarterback, who stepped to the podium wearing the flattering look of whiskered grunge. 2008 January 15, Harvey Araton, “In Big Ways and Small, the Giants Grew Into a Team”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
   • “Another double,” said the old lady: triumphantly making a memorandum of the circumstance, by placing one sixpence and a battered halfpenny, under the candlestick. 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC, page 53:

Forms

Translations (7)

sv triumferande (in a triumphant manner) · fi voitonriemuisesti (in a triumphant manner) · pl zwycięsko (in a triumphant manner) · cs vítězoslavně (in a triumphant manner) · de triumphierend (in a triumphant manner) · eo triumfe (in a triumphant manner) · pl triumfalnie (in a triumphant manner)