adj.1 possessing glory; illustrious.
2 conferring glory; honourable.
3 colloq. splendid; magnificent; delightful (a glorious day; glorious fun).
4 iron. intense; unmitigated (a glorious muddle).
5 colloq. happily intoxicated.
Derivatives:
gloriously adv. gloriousness n.
Etymology: ME f. AF glorious, OF glorios, -eus f. L gloriosus (as GLORY)