| glorious | (adj) having or deserving or conferring glory, Ant. inglorious, Example: a long and glorious career; our glorious literature |
| glorious | (adj) having great beauty and splendor, Syn. splendiferous, splendid, resplendent, Example: a glorious spring morning; a glorious sunset; splendid costumes; a kind of splendiferous native simplicity |
| gloriously | (adv) with glory or in a glorious manner, Example: where others had failed he had gloriously succeeded |
| gloriously | (adv) blessedly or wonderfully, Example: how gloriously happy she had been during those few fleeting moments of time |
| Glorious | a. [ OF. glorios, glorious, F. glorieux, fr. L. gloriosus. See Glory, n. ] [ 1913 Webster ] These are thy glorious works, Parent of good ! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Most miserable kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, During his office treason was no crime, -- Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously. Ex. xv. 21. [ 1913 Webster ] I speak it not gloriously, nor out of affectation. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ] |