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marvelously en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English marvelous Middle English -ly English -ly English marvelously From marvelous + -ly.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of marvellously.
   alt of marvellously
   • With a vicious lunge the elephant swerved to the right to dispose of this temerarious foeman who dared intervene between himself and his intended victim; but he had not reckoned on the lightning quickness that could galvanize those steel muscles into action so marvelously swift as to baffle even a keener eyesight than Tantor’s. 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 132:

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