marvelously

English

Etymology

From marvelous +‎ -ly.

Adverb

marvelously (comparative more marvelously, superlative most marvelously)

  1. Alternative form of marvellously.
    • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 132:
      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.
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