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triumphant

[ trahy-uhm-fuh nt ]

/ traɪˈʌm fənt /

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adjective

having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.

exulting over victory; rejoicing over success; exultant.

Archaic. triumphal(def 1).

Obsolete. splendid; magnificent.

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Origin of triumphant

1485–95; < Latin triumphant-, stem of triumphāns, present participle of triumphāre to triumph. See triumph, -ant

Related formstri·um·phant·ly, adverbun·tri·um·phant, adjectiveun·tri·um·phant·ly, adverb

Can be confusedtriumphal triumphant

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Examples from the Web for triumphantly

(Film can go there triumphantly…) Writing chases after the senses and conveys them in an altered form.
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This picture was posted on his Facebook page and it shows him triumphantly holding a big sailfish fish he has just caught.
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If they turn into 4's, then the program's supporters will triumphantly point to them as evidence that the loans worked.
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Yet few synesthesiacs are as triumphantly assertive expressers of color in art as Mitchell was.
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"I have just been named the 98th sexiest woman in the world," he says triumphantly, referring to a recent ranking by FHM.
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At length we returned to our vessel, which had triumphantly fought the wind and floating trees.
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I liked it, but I knew at the time I was going to like it a whole lot better when it was triumphantly over.
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Granny guessed three sums, and each time Maida said, triumphantly, More!
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The faith which has emerged so triumphantly is to be shaken as by the ruin of the world.
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Mr. Max again chose the rear, triumphantly escorting Mr. Peters.
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British Dictionary definitions for triumphantly

triumphant

/ (traɪˈʌmfənt) /

adjective

experiencing or displaying triumph

exultant through triumph

obsolete

magnificent
triumphal

Derived Formstriumphantly, adverb

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Word Origin and History for triumphantly

triumphantly

adv.

1540s, from triumphant + -ly (2).

triumphant

adj.

late 15c., from Latin triumphantem, present participle of triumphare (see triumph).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper