单词 | marvellously |
释义 | marvellouslymarvelouslyadv. 1. In a marvellous or wonderful manner; to an astonishing or extraordinary degree. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adverb] wonderlyc897 sellya1000 wonderc1175 wonderfullya1300 marvellouslya1382 marvellousa1400 marvelly?a1400 wonderful14.. wonderslyc1489 to marvelc1500 wondersc1528 wondrously1535 prodigiously1541 wondrous1557 admirably1570 admiredly1598 to a miracle?1614 marls1615 amazingly1650 miridically1652 mirificously1657 surprisingly1661 to wonder1661 astonishingly1668 prodigious1694 strikingly1752 amazing1760 à merveille1762 astoundingly1826 mirifically1873 breathtakingly1887 eye-poppingly1959 mind-bogglingly1973 staggeringly1976 mind-blowingly1977 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > amazingly or wonderfully wonderlyc1000 wonderc1175 wonderfullya1300 marvellouslya1382 marvellousa1400 marvelly?a1400 wonderful14.. miraculouslya1425 wonderslyc1489 wondersc1528 wondrously1535 prodigiously1541 wondrous1557 stupendly1621 stupendiously1629 amazingly1650 stupendously1659 astonishingly1668 tremendously1684 prodigious1694 portentously1755 miraculous1766 awesomely1821 stunningly1823 fabulously1845 devastatingly1905 fantastically1923 dizzyingly1952 staggeringly1976 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job x. 16 Merueilously [L. mirabiliter] thou tormentist me. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 93 His dede com him suythe meruellosly. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. viii. 143 (MED) Iosep mette merueillously [v.rr. meruelyusly, maruaylously; C meruelousliche] how þe mone & þe sonne And þe enleuene sterris halsiden hym alle. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 151 He with power partyt merwalusly. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. bvv I wolde heare mervelously fayne In what place the masse deceased. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 425/1 He his mervaylously come up within a yere or two. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. ix. 121 b The children of Israel..had maruellously passed dry foote through the redde sea. 1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 175 His tutelar Angell still mervailously garded him. 1710 Tatler No. 190. ⁋2 The People of this Land be marvelously given to Change. 1789 G. White Let. in Nat. Hist. Selborne 252 The shrilling of the field-cricket, though sharp and stridulous,..marvellously delights some hearers. 1832 J. H. Newman Let. 18 Dec. (1891) I. 298 As we rode up the carriage-way the Rock seemed to heighten marvellously. 1881 M. E. Herbert Edith 7 Her hands and feet were marvellously small. 1919 J. Conrad Arrow of Gold i. ii. 32 My mother can be marvellously indiscreet when the whim takes her. 1983 S. Kitzinger Woman's Experience of Sex 311 Women's sexual lives are marvellously more complex than most books about sex would have us believe. 2. colloquial. In weakened sense: extremely well, excellently. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adverb] fairlyOE goodlyc1275 finec1330 properlyc1390 daintily?a1400 thrivinglya1400 goodlily?1457 excellent1483 excellently1527 excellently1529 curiously1548 jollilyc1563 admirably1570 beautifully1570 singularly1576 bravelyc1600 famouslya1616 manlya1616 primely1622 prime1648 eximiously1650 topping1683 egregiously1693 purely1695 trimmingly1719 toppinglya1739 surprisingly1749 capitally1750 brawly1796 jellily18.. stammingly1814 divinely1822 stunningly1823 rippingly1828 jam up1835 out of sight1835 first-rately1843 first rate1844 like a charm1845 stunning1851 marvellously1859 magnificently1868 first class1871 splendidly1883 sterlingly1883 tip-top1888 like one o'clock1901 deevily1905 goodo1907 dandy1908 bonzer1914 great1916 juicily1916 corkingly1917 champion1925 unbeatably1928 snodger1946 beaut1953 smashingly1956 groovily1970 awesome1984 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. vi. 65 In the arrangements of the little household, Miss Pross took charge of the lower regions, and always acquitted herself marvellously. 1896 C. G. D. Roberts Forge in Forest xxiii. 304 Though the sweat of his terror stood in beads upon his forehead, he recovered his composure marvellously. 1926 E. O'Neill Great God Brown 16 He can paint beautifully and write poetry and he plays and sings and dances so marvellously. 1983 J. Hennessy Torvill & Dean 122 The world championship went marvellously for Chris and Jayne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1382 |
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