miraculously

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English

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Etymology

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From miraculous +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /məˈɹækjələsli/, (in rapid speech) /məˈɹækləsli/

Adverb

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miraculously (comparative more miraculously, superlative most miraculously)

  1. In a miraculous manner.
    • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
      When he woke for the second time he saw me, and began to question me as to what had happened, but I had to put him off as best I could till the morrow, when he awoke almost miraculously better.
    • 2018, John C. Hull, Options, Futures and Other Derivatives, 10th edition, Pearson, page 276:
      Almost miraculously, [risk-neutral valuation] finesses the problem that we know hardly anything about the risk aversion of the buyers and sellers of options.

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