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▪ I. marvelling, vbl. n.|ˈmɑːvəlɪŋ|
[f. marvel v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb marvel.
c1430Life St. Kath. (1884) 40 Whiche hath turned vs alle in suche stonyynge and merueylyng. 1552Latimer Serm. 3rd Sund. Epiph. (1584) 305 Which word [of God], if it light vpon a good ground..it turneth with his strength the same, and bringeth a meruaylyng. 1592Stow Ann. an. 1280, 300 On S. Martins euen a great thunder ouerthrew many houses and trees in England, to the maruailing of many.
▪ II. marvelling, ppl. a.|ˈmɑːvəlɪŋ|
[f. marvel v. + -ing2.]
That marvels.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. Met. iii. 5 (Camb. MS.) Thanne..phebus..smyteth with his beemes in marveylynge Eyen. 1839Bailey Festus vi. (1852) 78 These same marvelling eyes of mine. 1841D'Israeli Amen. Lit. (1867) 212 They..impressed on the marvelling reader that [etc.].
Hence ˈmarvellingly adv., in a marvelling manner.
1891G. Meredith One of our Conq. III. viii. 155 Nataly marvellingly named Mrs. John Corwyn. |