jubilantly
English
WOTD – 30 December 2007
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒuː.bɪ.lənt.li/, /ˈd͡ʒuː.bə.lənt.li/
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Adverb
jubilantly (comparative more jubilantly, superlative most jubilantly)
- With jubilation or triumph.
- 1910, Jack London, chapter 7, in Burning Daylight, part II:
- The socialist press of the city jubilantly exploited this utterance, scattering it broadcast over San Francisco in tens of thousands of paper dodgers.
- 1922, Rafael Sabatini, “chapter XXIV”, in Captain Blood:
- Having written jubilantly home to the Secretary of State that his mission had succeeded, he was now faced with the necessity of writing again to confess that this success had been ephemeral.
Synonyms
- (with jubilation): delightedly, elatedly, joyfully
Translations
with jubilation or triumph
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