marvelously
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3.9
- adverb
- /ˈmɑrvələsli/
- US
- But more than anything else, it's a marvelously joyful way of getting to know the world, of getting to know it up close.
- marvelously beautiful
- marvelously complex
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- Ignoring all of that, this one not only has stagnated, it has stagnated marvelously.
Examples
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Oh, I thought you did marvelously.
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Well, you've succeeded marvelously.
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"We have our ways, General Lee." "Marvelously good ones they must be, too."
Fiction book (1992) -
But inside, way inside, he was marvelously beautiful.
Academic text (2011) -
Only her voice remained as marvelously clear as always:
Fiction book (1993) -
It's marvelously nice because of that property, much simpler than anything you can imagine.
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One of my graduate students and I did a study of those institutions and found marvelously good education going on there.
Academic text (2004) -
Billy had a wonderful voice, deep and resonant, and his laugh was marvelously responsive.
Fiction book (1999) -
You're doing marvelously well.
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You're doing marvelously well in your studies this semester.
Synonyms
216
1.0
In a way that looks or sounds very nice
165
3.5
To a very unusual or surprising degree
130
2.3
In a way that causes surprise or wonder
112
3.1
To a very large degree
101
1.0
In a very good and impressive way
73
4.1
To a much higher level than usual
69
3.5
To a very large degree
30
2.8
In a way that is very surprising and hard to believe
28
4.3
To do something in a very impressive or dramatic way
21
4.4
In a very beautiful or impressive way
21
1.8
In a very pleasant way that makes you feel happy
20
4.0
In a way that makes people very surprised
18
3.5
To a very great degree
16
5.2
To a very great degree
15
4.6
In a very impressive and beautiful way
14
4.3
In a very impressive and successful way
14
3.8
In a way that makes people feel respect
12
3.6
To a very high degree
12
3.3
In a very good way that shows great skill
11
3.9
In a very beautiful or impressive way
11
4.6
In a very impressive way
7
4.2
In a very beautiful or amazing way
6
2.8
In a very good way that shows a lot of skill
6
4.3
Making people feel very surprised
6
4.6
In a way that looks large and important
5
3.5
In a very beautiful and impressive way
3
6.8
In a very beautiful and impressive way that amazes people
3
6.7
In a way that makes people feel great surprise and admiration
2
7.7
In a very large and impressive way
2
6.1
In a very impressive way that surprises people
2
5.3
In a very bright and impressive way
1
4.9
In a way that is much better than usual and impresses people
1
4.7
In a very impressive way that makes people admire it
1
8.4
To a very high degree
1
8.3
In a bright and beautiful way that impresses people
In a very good and impressive way
Antonyms
How Well
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Marvelously comes from marvel, an old word that meant 'wonder' and is the same idea behind miracle, so to do something marvelously is to do it in a way that makes people feel 'wonder' or great surprise.