Meaning

2 senses
  1. In a marvellous manner.

    The plan worked marvellously, even better than we had expected.

    wunderbar, wundervoll

  2. To a great or impressive degree; very.

More definitions
  • (used as an intensifier) excellently

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Your hat matches your dress marvellously.

    deDein Hut passt klasse zu deinem Kleid.

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  2. After doing quality work, his average has gone up marvellously.

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  3. The band played marvellously under the baton of a new conductor.

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  4. I know that my squire will marvellously impersonate the grace, voice, poise, and gestures of a noblewoman.

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
in a marvellous manner:

Origin

From Middle English merveilously; equivalent to marvellous + -ly.

From Middle English merveilously; equivalent to marvellous + -ly.

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Forms

more marvellously, most marvellously
Comparativemore marvellously Lesson
Superlativemost marvellously

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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