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victoriously en · ADV

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English victoriously, vittoryously; equivalent to victorious + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a victorious manner; as part of a victory.
   • 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". 1989 April 4 [1987 August], Dezhi Yang, “Regulations”, in Leo Kanner Associates, transl., For Peace [Weile Heping], Foreign Technology Division, →OCLC, page 113:
   • If that first characterization of his leadership is true enough, it must be accompanied by a second thought: an internationalist, he led the nation masterfully into World War II, victoriously in that war, and large-heartedly toward the organization of the peace in the form of the United Nations. 2011, David Felix, America Rising: Power and Political Economy in the First Nation, →ISBN, page 91:
   • North Korea had not publicly confirmed its contribution until Monday, when it said: “The operations for liberating the Kursk area to repel the adventurous invasion of the Russian Federation by the Ukrainian authorities were victoriously concluded,” according to state-run news agency KCNA. 2025 April 28, Helen Regan, Michael Rios, Darya Tarasova, Tim Lister, “Putin thanks North Korea for help in Kursk, as Germany criticizes US plan for Ukrainian concessions”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2025:
   • "Duly noted. Hey," he said, brightening as he saw the pirateship' ride, the boat swinging back and forth while a few brave humans raised their arms victoriously. 2014, Chloe Neill, Wild Things: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel, →ISBN, page 312:
   • All solemnly and thankfully I feel its blissening power As ringing out victoriously. 1860, Anne Bowman, Esperanza: My Journey Thither and what I Found There, page 314:

Forms

Translations (12)

nl zegevierend (in a victorious manner) · ca victoriosament (in a victorious manner) · ru побе́дно (in a victorious manner) · it vittoriosamente (in a victorious manner) · gl vitoriosamente (in a victorious manner) · pl triumfalnie (in a victorious manner) · ru победоно́сно (in a victorious manner) · fi voittoisasti (in a victorious manner) · pt vitoriosamente (in a victorious manner) · es victoriosamente (in a victorious manner) · pl zwycięsko (in a victorious manner) · fr victorieusement (in a victorious manner)