marvellously
advUK /ˈmɑːvələsli/ · US /ˈmɑɹvələsli/
Etymology From Middle English merveilously; equivalent to marvellous + -ly.
1
In a marvellous manner.
- The plan worked marvellously, even better than we had expected.
2
To a great or impressive degree; very.
- [N]eyther hys ſeruantes nor hymſelf ſuffered to gone^([sic – meaning go?]) oute, parceiuyng well ſo greate a thyng without his knowledge not begun for noughte, comparyng this maner preſẽ[n]t with this laſt nightes chere, ĩ[n] ſo few houres ſo gret a chaunge marueylouſlye miſliked.c. 1513 (date written), Thomas More, “The History of King Richard the Thirde (Vnfinished) […]”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published 30 April 1557, →OCLC, pages 41–42:
- I groaned with hunger. I had seen a marvellously large penny loaf at a baker's—the largest I could possibly get for the price.1899, Knut Hamsun, “Part II”, in George Egerton [pseudonym; Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright], transl., Hunger […], London: Leonard Smithers and Co […], →OCLC, page 116:
- Related terms
- marvel, marvellous