Which should you use, triumphal or triumphant? The adjective triumphal means celebrating a triumph. The adjective triumphant may mean successful or victorious, or feeling jubilation after a victory.
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The former president made a triumphal return.
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The former president made a triumphant return.
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It was a triumphant procession in many ways.
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It was a triumphal procession in many ways.
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