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exultantly Definition


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exult
verb, intr exulted, exulting
    1. To be intensely joyful about it.
      Thesaurus: celebrate, rejoice, revel, glory, delight, make merry.
      Form: exult in something (often)
      Form: exult at something
    2. To show or enjoy a feeling of triumph.
      Thesaurus: boast, crow, brag, gloat.
      Form: exult over something (often)
Derivative: exultant
adj
    Joyfully or triumphantly elated.
      Thesaurus: elated, jubilant, joyous, overjoyed, gleeful, delighted, triumphant, reveling, rejoicing; Antonym: depressed.
Derivative: exultantly
adverb
    Derivative: exultation
    noun
      A feeling or state of joyful elation.
    Etymology: 16c: from Latin exsultare to jump up and down, from saltare to leap.



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