marvelously
12
3.9
- adverb
- /ˈmɑrvələsli/
- US
:
maravillosamente
- 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
But the truth is we're we're just scratching the surface and yet the therapeutic outcomes are again just so marvellous, marvellously impressive.
- But the truth is we're we're just scratching the surface and yet the therapeutic outcomes are again just so marvellous, marvellously impressive.
- 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
233
1.0
In a way that looks or sounds very nice
184
3.5
To a very unusual or surprising degree
172
2.8
In a way that is very surprising and hard to believe
129
3.1
To a very large degree
122
2.3
In a way that causes surprise or wonder
111
1.0
In a very good and impressive way
80
4.1
To a much higher level than usual
70
3.5
To a very large degree
28
4.3
To do something in a very impressive or dramatic way
23
4.4
In a very beautiful or impressive way
21
3.5
To a very great degree
21
1.8
In a very pleasant way that makes you feel happy
21
4.0
In a way that makes people very surprised
17
5.2
To a very great degree
15
4.3
In a very impressive and successful way
15
4.6
In a very impressive and beautiful way
14
3.8
In a way that makes people feel respect
12
3.3
In a very good way that shows great skill
12
3.6
To a very high degree
12
3.9
In a very beautiful or impressive way
11
4.6
In a very impressive way
8
2.8
In a very good way that shows a lot of skill
8
4.2
In a very beautiful or amazing way
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
4.7
In a very impressive way that makes people admire it
3
6.8
In a very beautiful and impressive way that amazes people
2
6.1
In a very impressive way that surprises people
2
5.3
In a very bright and impressive way
2
7.7
In a very large and impressive way
2
6.7
In a way that makes people feel great surprise and admiration
1
4.9
In a way that is much better than usual and impresses people
1
8.3
In a bright and beautiful way that impresses people
1
8.4
To a very high degree
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.