triumphantly

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He explained the circumstances from his point of view, adding, "And that's the truth, sir, and the truth is the truth, and"--triumphantly--"that's what'll carry a man through the world!"

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  1. In a triumphant manner; in the manner of a victor; with the joy or exultation that proceeds from victory; victoriously: often implying insolent triumph. Or did I bragge and boast triumphauntly, As who should saye the field were mine that daye? Gascoigne, Lookes of a Louer Forsaken. The King and Queen enter the Town [Calais] triumphantly, and make their Abode there. Baker, Chronicles, p. 122.
  2. Festively; rejoicingly. Dance in Duke Theseus' house triumphantly, And bless it to all fair prosperity. Shak., M. N. D., iv. l. 94.

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  • I said, triumphantly, and as though I were a cordon bleu_, accustomed to turn off feasts for an emperor--"There, now it is ready to go into the moulds. —  Uncle Rutherford's Nieces A Story for Girls
  • How do you know they are your fish Because you took them from the pool in which we placed them I did not You did You can't prove it Yes, we can How By this," said Jack, triumphantly, and exhibited the key ring and keys CHAPTER III EXPOSING BOB BANGS When Bob Bangs saw the key ring his face changed color Where did you get that?" —  Randy of the River The Adventures of a Young Deckhand
  • I've got it He tapped his head triumphantly, and, with a bleared, shining old eye, winked at the cook My memory's as good as ever it was," he said complacently. —  The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant
  • He paused almost triumphantly, his eyes searching her frightened face, his fingers gripping hers For an instant she sat petrified and fascinated; then a faint sound of alarm escaped her, and she turned towards the door Without the formality of the announcing gong, two men had entered the room, and stood silent spectators of the tableau. —  The Mystics A Novel
  • Compare the Baron with the young men you meet here She looked at her daughter triumphantly, and Alicia could only reply, “Yes, mamma Compare them and see the difference. —  The Lunatic at Large
 

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