miraculously
Americanadverb
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by or by means of a supernatural power or agency.
In the desert, the Israelites ran out of water and complained to Moses, who miraculously drew water from a rock.
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in a way that seems like a miracle; amazingly and seemingly inexplicably.
He had been jailed, but was miraculously released with all charges dropped.
Other Word Forms
- hypermiraculously adverb
- nonmiraculously adverb
- pseudomiraculously adverb
- quasi-miraculously adverb
- unmiraculously adverb
Etymology
Origin of miraculously
Example Sentences
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“I recovered miraculously. I literally started lifting weights a week and a half after the surgery and miraculously recovered. There was no problem. I didn’t think I would heal so quickly,” Garcia said.
From Los Angeles Times
He was in a coma for eight days, but miraculously pulled through and is now back home.
From Barron's
A big red bow — ”like you get when you buy a car,” May said — hangs on a deodar tree that survived, and a miraculously healthy orange tree is loaded with ornaments.
From Los Angeles Times
It was the final stretch of a punishing four-day pilgrimage to Mexico’s most venerated shrine, where Catholics believe the Virgin Mary miraculously appeared nearly 500 years ago.
From Los Angeles Times
“Thank goodness for my hatpin,” she thought as she tucked the loose strands back under her hat, which had miraculously stayed on during her wild velocipede ride.
From Literature
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