1 (formal) deserving or bringing great fame and success:
a glorious deed / victory * a glorious chapter in our country's history * The film looks back at Spain's glorious past.
compareINGLORIOUS
2 (formal) very beautiful and impressive:
a glorious sunset / view * Both her daughters have glorious red hair.
3 extremely enjoyable:
a glorious trip to Rome
4 (of weather) hot, with the sun shining:
They had three weeks of glorious sunshine.
gloriously adverb:
The show has been gloriously successful. * a gloriously sunny day
