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marvellously

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Adv.1.marvellouslymarvellously - (used as an intensifier) extremely well; "her voice is superbly disciplined"; "the colors changed wondrously slowly"
marvelously, superbly, terrifically, toppingly, wonderfully, wondrous, wondrously
intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"
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marvellously marvelously (US) [ˈmɑːvələslɪ] ADV → maravillosamente, de maravilla
marvellously, (US) marvelously
adv (with adj) → herrlich; (with vb) → großartig, fabelhaft
marvellously [ˈmɑːv/ələslɪ] adv → meravigliosamente
marvellously [ˈmɑːv/ələslɪ] adv → meravigliosamente


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But my life for it he was either practically conversant with his subject, or else marvellously tutored by some experienced whaleman.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
That is an emotion in which tenderness is an essential part, but Strickland had no tenderness either for himself or for others; there is in love a sense of weakness, a desire to protect, an eagerness to do good and to give pleasure -- if not unselfishness, at all events a selfishness which marvellously conceals itself; it has in it a certain diffidence.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Here Miss Knag paused to take breath, and while she pauses it may be observed--not that she was marvellously loquacious and marvellously deferential to Madame Mantalini, since these are facts which require no comment; but that every now and then, she was accustomed, in the torrent of her discourse, to introduce a loud, shrill, clear 'hem
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context
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