marvellously
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English merveilously; equivalent to marvellous + -ly.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːvələsli/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹvələsli/
Adverb edit
marvellously (comparative more marvellously, superlative most marvellously)
- In a marvellous manner.
- Synonyms: astonishingly, surprisingly, wonderfully
- The plan worked marvellously, even better than we had expected.
- To a great or impressive degree; very.
- Synonyms: impressively, very
- c. 1513 (date written), Thomas More, “The History of King Richard the Thirde (Unfinished) […]”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published April 1557, →OCLC, pages 41–42:
- [N]eyther hys ſeruantes nor hymſelf ſuffered to gone[sic – meaning go?] oute, parceiuyng well ſo greate a thyng without his knowledge not begun for noughte, comparyng this maner preſẽ[n]t with this laſt nightes chere, ĩ[n] ſo few houres ſo gret a chaunge marueylouſlye miſliked.
- 1899, Knut Hamsun, “Part II”, in George Egerton [pseudonym; Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright], transl., Hunger […], London: Leonard Smithers and Co […], →OCLC, page 116:
- I groaned with hunger. I had seen a marvellously large penny loaf at a baker's—the largest I could possibly get for the price.
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in a marvellous manner
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to a great or impressive degree
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