miraculously

[mi-rak-yuh-luhs-lee]

adverb

1. 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.

2. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of miraculously¹

miraculous ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

“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.

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The enslaved people who had miraculously made it to shore had not, however, found freedom.

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Then my friend Shannon sent me a Craigslist listing that looked —miraculously — normal.

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As it turns out, all this contempt that leaders of the religious right have for a woman’s capabilities miraculously dries up the second her intelligence can be used to serve a man and not herself.

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That oft-cited problem is not going to be miraculously solved by a set of HR decisions after a huge embarrassment this week.

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