admirably
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Adverb
admirably (comparative more admirably, superlative most admirably)
- In a way worthy of admiration.
- He succeeded admirably in drawing fire away from the troop transports.
- Admirably, he went down with his ship after the surviving crew got away in lifeboats.
- 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:
- ...yet more than all I had heard of it, now strongly informed me I was to expect that supreme pleasure which she had placed in the meeting of those parts so admirably fitted for each other.
- To an admirable degree.
- They have made admirably great improvements in quality.
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Translations
in an admirable manner
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to an admirable degree
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