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 Words From

• hy·per·mi·rac·u·lous·ly adverb
• non·mi·rac·u·lous·ly adverb
• pseu·do·mi·rac·u·lous·ly adverb
• qua·si-mi·rac·u·lous·ly adverb
• un·mi·rac·u·lous·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of miraculously¹

miraculous ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Smith’s comeback is its own miraculous story that has been told again and again as he has inched back to this point.

From Washington Post

The fourth year of the ImageNet competition, nearly every team was using deep learning and achieving miraculous accuracy gains.

From MIT Technology Review

Barring a miraculous comeback, Brautigam is almost certain to be crowned the inaugural Max Vert champion.

From Outside Online

For some miraculous reason, before covid-19 started, unemployment in the US was continuously going down for, I would say, ever since 2008.

From MIT Technology Review

For this subset, the “fecal transplant” is nearly miraculous.

From Nautilus

For every nanosecond that I miraculously lift off the ground, I land with an inordinately loud thud.

From The Daily Beast

But then the sword is miraculously returned to him, and he girds for battle once again.

From The Daily Beast

Miraculously, Malala survived, and her courage, wisdom, and optimism have continued to transfix and inspire the world.

From The Daily Beast

But miraculously they must float in the heavens so far away from us, their beautiful light will continue to shine on us forever.

From The Daily Beast

Peggy has a reputation for miraculously fitting women of all shapes and sizes, and she more than lives up to it.

From The Daily Beast

The vessel escaped miraculously, with sails torn by shots from three Dutch vessels, which they took for one of their own.

From Project Gutenberg

From this he miraculously escaped, even as the three Hebrews who were cast into the fiery furnace.

From Project Gutenberg

The police guard had little to do and, over in the mountains, the feud miraculously came to a sudden close.

From Project Gutenberg

Like a little wraith miraculously tinted with bronze and blue she stopped and faced him piteously for a second.

From Project Gutenberg

Miraculously, neither man was more than scratched, though their clothes and the ground about them showed the marks of bullets.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• admirably
• amazingly
• beautifully
• extraordinarily
• magnificently
• marvelously
• remarkably
• spectacularly
• strikingly
• stunningly