admirably

English

Etymology

admirable +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈæd.mə.ɹə.bli/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈæd.mɪɹ.ə.bli/

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Adverb

admirably (comparative more admirably, superlative most admirably)

1. In a way worthy of admiration.

   He succeeded admirably in drawing fire away from the troop transports.

   Admirably, he went down with his ship after the surviving crew got away in lifeboats.

   • 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:

     ...yet more than all I had heard of it, now strongly informed me I was to expect that supreme pleasure which she had placed in the meeting of those parts so admirably fitted for each other.

2. To an admirable degree.

   They have made admirably great improvements in quality.

Related terms

• admire
• admiringly

Translations

in an admirable manner

• Armenian: հիանալիորեն (hy) (hianalioren)
• Catalan: admirablement (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 极好地 (zh), 令人钦佩地 (zh)

• Dutch: bewonderenswaardig (nl)
• Finnish: ihailtavasti (fi)
• French: admirablement (fr)
• Italian: ammirevolmente (it)
• Latin: admīrābiliter
• Portuguese: admiravelmente

to an admirable degree

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can:
• Armenian: հիանալիորեն (hy) (hianalioren)
• Catalan: admirablement (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 极好地 (zh), 令人钦佩地 (zh)

• Dutch: bewonderenswaardig (nl), wonderbaarlijk (nl)
• Finnish: ihailtavan
• French: admirablement (fr)
• Galician: admirablemente, admirabelmente
• German: bewundernswert (de)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can:
• Italian: ammirevolmente (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can:
• Korean: please add this translation if you can:
• Portuguese: admiravelmente
• Russian: превосхо́дно (ru) (prevosxódno)
• Spanish: admirablemente
• Vietnamese: đáng ngưỡng mộ