gloriously
In triumphant fashion
Gloriously means in a glorious manner—with splendor, magnificence, or great delight.
It often intensifies positive qualities: The weather was gloriously sunny.
The word can carry ironic or self-aware exaggeration: We failed gloriously.
Something done gloriously suggests triumph or unrestrained enjoyment: She gloriously ignored everyone's advice.
Direct rays from above
- beamingSmiling very broadly
- luminousEmitting or reflecting light
- resplendentImpressively beautiful, richly shining
- gleamingReflecting light brightly
shimmering · glistening · glowing · dazzling · brilliant · effulgent · incandescent · illuminated
Cheerfully celebratory
- jubilantExtremely happy, triumphant
- joyousExtremely glad
- merryCheerful and lively
- exuberantIntensely lively and cheerful
reveling · cheering · toasting · rejoicing · convivial · festivity · merriment · elated
Impressively beautiful or fine
- sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly
- luxuriousMarked by costly elegance
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
- opulentOstentatiously wealthy
palatial · exquisite · lavish · majestic · regal · stately · elegant · resplendent
Having achieved triumph
- conqueringDefeating and taking control
- prevailingMost common or accepted
- championTop competitor, or advocate
- successfulHaving achieved one's aims
winning · vanquishing · achieving · crowned · exultant · celebrating · dominant · undefeated
sunshine
Direct rays from above
- beamingSmiling very broadly
- luminousEmitting or reflecting light
- resplendentImpressively beautiful, richly shining
gleaming · shimmering · glistening · glowing · dazzling · brilliant · effulgent · incandescent · illuminated · lustrous
festive
Cheerfully celebratory
exuberant · reveling · cheering · toasting · rejoicing · convivial · festivity · merriment · elated · delighted
splendid
Impressively beautiful or fine
- sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly
- luxuriousMarked by costly elegance
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
opulent · palatial · exquisite · lavish · majestic · regal · stately · elegant · resplendent · ornate
victorious
Having achieved triumph
- conqueringDefeating and taking control
- prevailingMost common or accepted
- championTop competitor, or advocate
successful · winning · vanquishing · achieving · crowned · exultant · celebrating · dominant · undefeated · heroic
- artistic adverbsartistically, stylistically, expressively, evocatively, poetically
gloriouslyterribly
To extreme degree
horribly · awfully · dreadfully · appallingly · atrociously
gloriouslyshamefully
In dishonorable fashion
disgracefully · dishonorably · ignominiously · ingloriously · humiliatingly
- glorious momentsInstances of great splendor
- Glorious RevolutionEngland's 1688 regime change