adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a victorious manner; triumphantly.
1502. Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W., 1506), V. vi. N N ij b. Of as moche that they ben escaped the more vyctoryously.
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.
1534. Act 26 Hen. VIII., c. 3 § 1. His majestie hathe moste victoriously defendyd and governyd this his Realme.
1626. Gouge, Serm. Dignity Chivalry, § 6. [They] waged many battels valiantly and victoriously.
1655. Fuller, Ch. Hist., II. viii. § 7. All whom he is said victoriously to have vanquished.
1718. Pope, Iliad, XII. Argt. Hector enters at the Head of his Troops, who victoriously pursue the Grecians even to their Ships.
1755. Johnson, Triumphantly, victoriously; with success.
1827. De Quincey, Last Days Kant, Wks. III. 105. Over all which the benignity and nobility of his nature mount victoriously to the last.
1884. Manch. Exam., 8 April, 5/1. The Bill in due course will be sent victoriously to the House of Lords.