Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(UK Und.) very.

1825

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1896

1825		J. Johnstone Confessions 167: One evening, the marquis got most gloriously drunk, and with his friend Hill Darley sallied out from the Salopian to have a spree .
1845		J. Lindridge Sixteen-String Jack 136: Oh, its glorious rich.
1880		Dly Cairo Bulletin (IL) 20 Oct. 4/4: They celebrated the meeting by a drink or two and both got glorious boozy.
1896		‘Army Slang’ in Regiment 8 Aug. 293/3: Staid old soldiers, many of whom had been ‘on the tack’ [...] ‘broke out’ and got ‘gloriously’ drunk.