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mi·rac·u·lous
(mĭ-răk′yə-ləs)adj.
1. Of the nature of a miracle; preternatural.
2. So astounding as to suggest a miracle; phenomenal: a miraculous recovery; a miraculous escape.
3. Able to work miracles.
[Middle English miraclous, from Old French miraculeux, from Medieval Latin mīrāculōsus, from Latin mīrāculum, miracle; see miracle.]
mi·rac′u·lous·ly adv.
mi·rac′u·lous·ness n.
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Adv. | 1. | miraculously - in a miraculous manner; "my hand grasped the gun that was, miraculously, lying on the ground beside my finger tips" |
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Translations
بأُعْجوبَه
zázračně
mirakuløst
undursamlega
zázračne
po čudežu
mucize gibi
miraculously
[mɪˈrækjʊləslɪ] ADV [survive, escape, transform] → milagrosamentecasualties were miraculously light → las bajas resultaron ser milagrosamente escasas
miraculously, he escaped unhurt → milagrosamente, salió ileso
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miraculously
adv
escape → auf wundersame Weise; miraculously intact/unharmed → wie durch ein Wunder unbeschädigt; miraculously the baby was unhurt → es war wie ein Wunder, dass das Baby unverletzt blieb
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miracle
(ˈmirəkl) noun1. something which man is not normally capable of making happen and which is therefore thought to be done by a god or God. Christ's turning of water into wine was a miracle.
2. a fortunate happening that has no obvious natural cause or explanation. It's a miracle he wasn't killed in the plane crash.
miˈraculous (-ˈrӕkju-) adjectivea miraculous recovery.
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