adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a victorious manner; triumphantly.

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1502.  Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W., 1506), V. vi. N N ij b. Of as moche that they ben escaped the more vyctoryously.

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a. 1513.  Fabyan, Chron., VI. clxxvii. 175. He … bare hym so victoryously agayne the Danys that he forced theym to obey to all theyr former promyse and condycions.

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1534.  Act 26 Hen. VIII., c. 3 § 1. His majestie hathe moste victoriously … defendyd and governyd this his Realme.

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1626.  Gouge, Serm. Dignity Chivalry, § 6. [They] waged many battels valiantly and victoriously.

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1655.  Fuller, Ch. Hist., II. viii. § 7. All whom he is said victoriously to have vanquished.

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1718.  Pope, Iliad, XII. Argt. Hector … enters at the Head of his Troops, who victoriously pursue the Grecians even to their Ships.

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1755.  Johnson, Triumphantly,… victoriously; with success.

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1827.  De Quincey, Last Days Kant, Wks. III. 105. Over all which the benignity and nobility of his nature mount … victoriously to the last.

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1884.  Manch. Exam., 8 April, 5/1. The Bill … in due course … will be sent victoriously to the House of Lords.

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