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.
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Ours isn't just going to miraculously go away.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
I was at the reopening of the Thomas Mann House, shut down for months of cleaning after it had miraculously survived the Palisades fire.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
“After 3½ hours,” Mr. Stein writes, “the twice-rain-delayed game was over; miraculously, Forest City had won, 29–23.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
In retrospect, some of the signs that could or should have been red flags were that even during a downmarket, his investments still supposedly brought in a healthy return and they were miraculously consistent.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026
She fumbled in her pockets, praying her fingers would miraculously close around some chalk that Robbie had snuck her when she wasn’t looking.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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