mirificallyadv.
/mʌɪˈrɪfᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌmaɪˈrɪfək(ə)li/ rare.
So as to excite wonder or admiration; wonderfully, superbly.
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
1873 J. P. Struthers Let. in Life & Lett. (1918) iii. 27 It was my wish..to have written a mirifically long epistle.
1922 W. J. Locke Tale of Triona v. 49 Into the lounge filled with mirifically vestured fellow-creatures.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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