adverb
glōriōsē
glōriōsē (comparative glōriōsius, superlative glōriōsissimē)
Classical[ɡɫoː.riˈoː.seː]Ecclesiastical[ɡlo.riˈɔː.s̬e]
Meaning
- gloriously, magnificently
- pompously, boastfully
glōrĭōsē, adv., v. gloriosus
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
glōriōsē adv. with comp. and sup.
gloriosus, gloriously, magnificently : triumphare: alqd gloriosissime conficere.— Boastfully, vauntingly, pompously : exorsus es: mentiri: de me ipso gloriosius praedicare.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -osus Latin glōriōs(us) Latin -ē Latin glōriōsē From glōriōs(us) (“glorious”) + -ē (“-ly”, adverb-forming suffix).