Triumphantly
[traɪ'ʌmfəntli]
Definition
(adv.) In a triumphant manner.
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Examples
- He flourished back and got his cup and set it down triumphantly, and said: Just try that mixture once, Captain Duncan. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Holmes looked triumphantly at Bannister. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Dash being all that was required to carry her triumphantly through, she adopted as much as was necessary. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Yes, said Richard, flushed, and looking triumphantly at Ada and me, we don't do these things in the old slow way now. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There's your old friend, you see,' said Traddles, nodding triumphantly at the flower-pot and stand; 'and there's the table with the marble top! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- On that, Mr. Jaggers said, triumphantly, I thought we should come to it! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Well, Mrs. Weston, said Emma triumphantly when he left them, what do you say now to Mr. Knightley's marrying Jane Fairfax? Jane Austen. Emma.
- Mr. Pickwick glanced triumphantly at his companion. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But he who has the courage of existence will put it triumphantly, crying yea as Nietzsche did, and recognizing that all the passions of men are the motive powers of a fine life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It is a fact which will be long remembered as remarkable down there, that she was never drowned, but died triumphantly in bed, at ninety-two. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly, and exult in the agony of the torturing flames. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Through all such dangers, however, it was triumphantly brought, inch by inch, and arrived at its journey's end in fine condition. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I made it up all by myself, said Helena triumphantly, dangling the chain before him. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- There,' said Mr. Roker, holding the door open, and looking triumphantly round at Mr. Pickwick, 'there's a room! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- We had barely taken our seats when he said to Mr. Jarndyce quite triumphantly, You would hardly suppose that I am Mrs. Bayham Badger's third! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As the army was seen marching on triumphantly, however, the minds of the people became disabused and they saw the true state of affairs. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And he smiled as if triumphantly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Yes, I have, said Haley, triumphantly. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Yet she believed, triumphantly, with fatal exultance. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Heaps on 'em, said Sam, triumphantly; thar's Bruno--he's a roarer! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- While the armies of Islam were advancing triumphantly to the conquest of the world, this sickness of civil war smote at its head. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mr. Chadband draws himself up again and looks triumphantly at Mr. Snagsby as if he would be glad to know how he feels after that. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- No “if” in the case, my dear Sir,' said Perker triumphantly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A bad un, I'll be bound, said Mrs. Joe triumphantly, or he wouldn't have given it to the boy! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I thought so, sir, said Gurt triumphantly; but 'eavins, sir! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Has known Kenge and Carboy's office for years, Mrs. Snagsby triumphantly explains to Mr. Guppy. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You cannot,' she affirmed triumphantly--'you cannot make me tremble with your coming, nor accelerate my pulse by your influence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The hard-headed man looked triumphantly round, as if he had been very much contradicted by somebody, but had got the better of him at last. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Lor, Pete, said Mose, triumphantly, han't we got a buster of a breakfast! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I will, she answered triumphantly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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