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1614 P. Forbes To Recusant 10 in Def. Lawful Calling I will not thinke my remarker so remarkeably grosse, as that he thinketh the efficacie of the Sacraments to depend on the worthines or vnworthines of the Minister thereof.

1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iii. i. ii. 110 The..Turpentine-Vessels of Pine, are likewise remarkably bigger..than the Milk-Vessels themselves.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 261. ¶7 If you marry one remarkably beautiful.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xviii. xi. 276 He was now as remarkably mean, as he had been before remarkably wicked. View more context for this quotation

1792 T. Jefferson Negotiations with Spain 18 Mar. in Papers (1990) XXIII. 303 The channel of the Missisipi is remarkeably winding, crossing and recrossing perpetually from one side to the other.

1801 R. Wilson Diary 6 Sept. in Life Gen. Sir R. Wilson (1862) I. iv. 212 The greatest prizes are..antiquarian. Two remarkably fine statues..a marble mummy case covered with hieroglyphics.

1840 R. H. Barham Look at Clock in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 54 [He] had one darling vice; Remarkably partial to any thing nice.

1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) ii. 84 Hailstorms are sometimes remarkably destructive.

1915 ‘A. Leo’ Mars ii. 44 How remarkably Cancerian the Kaiser has proved to be, may be judged by his quoting the words of John Knox.

1957 M. C. Wright Last Stand Chinese Conservatism v. 74 His personal expenses were remarkably low.

1994 W. A. Bogart Courts & Country vii. 203 Interrogation law has developed along lines remarkably similar to the American Miranda doctrine with its emphasis on prophylactic standards against unfair self-incrimination.

1615 J. Bowle Serm. preached at Flitton sig. E2^v Your mutuall and faithfull offices, were of the Queene and Councill most remarkeably honoured.

1638 A. Read Treat. 1st Pt. Chirurg. i. 8 If the braine be remarkably wounded, the party remaineth foolish.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 106 Oft to mind Recalling what remarkably had pass'd. View more context for this quotation

1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. §5. 387 This agrees remarkably with the perpetual Impressions made upon the optic Nerves.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. Pref. p. xi (note) Those particulars..on which the results in question appeared more remarkably to depend.

1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. II. vii. 389 The treatment of Bedell..and the Act..exhibit very remarkably this aspect of the Irish character.

1920 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 209 380 Bothriocidaris is not merely the oldest Echinoid known but morphologically it approximates remarkably to the theoretical phylembryo of the class.

1952 W. J. Miller Introd. Hist. Geol. (ed. 6) xxiii. 365 (caption) Eocene (Wasatch) strata in Bryce Canyon, Utah. The vertically jointed, horizontal beds, 8500 feet above sea level, have been remarkably sculptured by weathering and erosion.

2000 S. Fallon & M. Rothschild World Food: France (Lonely Planet Guide) 220 This strong apple brandy [sc. Calvados] is aged in oak casks for up to six years, and improves remarkably with age.

1645 J. Lightfoot Comm. Acts 21 The Evangelist may bee conceived to use this expression for the measure betwixt it and the City, A Sabbath dayes journey; because it was most remarkably so.

1696 B. Kennett Romæ Antiquæ Notitia ii. sig. b7 Having behav'd himself so remarkably well in his first Enterprize, there was no Business thought too weighty or difficult for his management.

1760 ‘Cato’ Six Concluding Lett. to Senator iv. 10 The illicit carnal Intercourses of Citizens from Home increase remarkably fast.

1784 J. Ramsay Ess. Treatm. & Conversion Afr. Slaves i. vi. 84 If two or three behave remarkably ill, the usual indulgence or reward is with-held from the gang.

1823 Edinb. Rev. May 463 I was so exhilarated and buoyant, that, contrary to my usual wont, I walked remarkably fast.

1858 H. M. Walmsley Sketches of Algeria during Kabyle War 205 No one who has not had an opportunity of being thus suddenly aroused by ringing shots, can imagine how remarkably quickly all necessary toilet is made under such circumstances.

1877 Spirit of Times 15 Dec. 518/1 The city and country seem very prosperous and flush with greenbacks, remarkably so for a place only six years old.

1928 Sunday Disp. 22 July 4/2 He had had a film test, at the conclusion of which he was told that he filmed remarkably well.

1981 A. G. Woodhead Study of Greek Inscriptions (ed. 2) i. 11 It happens remarkably often that the vital part of an inscription is the part which has not survived.

2007 J. Dibble J. Stainer iv. 187 The new Succentor's views chimed remarkably happily with those of his organist.

1855 Gospel Standard Jan. 34 When she related the above to me, she said it appeared to her as if the enemy was making his last attack upon her; and, most remarkably, he was not permitted to make another up to her last moment.

1936 W. M. Macmillan Warning from West Indies iii. 75 Even more remarkably, the Negroes..share the planters' pride.

1964 J. Mitchell White Father vii. 114 Remarkably for London, the self-service restaurant stayed open all night.

2004 R. Dawkins Ancestor's Tale 284 Remarkably, the team managed to piece together the entire mitochondrial genome of both genera of moas, although they were at least 700 years dead.