gloriously

1. 1.

   with glory or in a glorious manner

   “where others had failed he had gloriously succeeded”
2. 2.

   blessedly or wonderfully

   “how gloriously happy she had been during those few fleeting moments of time”

Questions about gloriously

What does gloriously mean?

gloriously means "with glory or in a glorious manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gloriously?

gloriously has 4 syllables: glo-ri-ou-sly. The stress falls on "glo". In IPA it is /ˈɡlɔɹiəsli/.

Is gloriously a common word?

gloriously is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.