magically
- adverb
- /ˈmædʒɪkli/
- I will see you guys in a couple of hours which will magically be right now.
- magically transform
- magically appear
- magically transport
And somehow it magically turns out well.
- And somehow it magically turns out well.
- And how does this magically break the Internet?
- Can't make arrests or wave a wand to magically lower crime tomorrow.
- We want our phone to magically recharge while we're queuing for coffee, right?
- And if Trump wins, the skepticism will magically come back.
- Now say I could magically remove all the electrons from Terry.
- So this one magically worked out.
- It's like, oh, it's magically making it hot by pressing these buttons.
- It's not like the tools are like magically gone, right?
- Like it just magically works with the eyes.
- I will see you guys in a couple of hours which will magically be right now.
Examples
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The magician made the rabbit disappear magically from the hat, astonishing the entire audience.
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Yes, and then the money for the play will appear magically before me.
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And if you work this out, it magically gives you four.
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It's not like the tools are like magically gone, right?
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Like it just magically works with the eyes.
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And how does this magically break the Internet?
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That these two things, words and world, could almost magically be one in the same thing.
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I just show up and then magically food appears on my plate.
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And somehow it magically turns out well.
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In other words, the fiction writer, to be successful, must magically turn illusion into reality.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
In a very surprising way that seems impossible
In a way that nature cannot explain
In a way that involves events beyond normal science
Antonyms
How Magical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Magically comes from magic, a word that first named a Persian wise man or magician who people thought used a hidden, special power. So to do something magically is to do it 'as if by magic', in a way that seems to happen by a wonderful, hidden power.