marvellously

Everyday

1. In a wonderful, excellent way. tree →
2. Very, extremely (a bit old-fashioned), as in «marvellously happy». tree →

In the lessons

A warm, enthusiastic word in British stories and speech; Toad often says things are «marvellous». It tells the reader something went really well.

Examples

• The plan worked marvellously. tree →
• The children behaved marvellously at the wedding. tree →
• She sang marvellously in the concert. tree →
• Everything went marvellously well. tree →
• The garden looked marvellously green after the rain. tree →
• Toad thought he drove marvellously. tree →
• He was marvellously arrayed and full armed, and his black dog moved after him. tree →

Note

UK: marvellously (double l); USA: marvelously (single l). From «marvel» (a wonder).

In Jewish tradition

Job says God's thunder is marvellous, and Habakkuk says God will do a work that people would not believe.

Interpretation. Tradition reads these as signs that God's actions are beyond what people can grasp.

Examples

• God thundereth marvellously with His voice; great things doeth He, which we cannot comprehend. (Writings JOB.37.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. (Writings 2CH.26.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• Look ye among the nations, and behold, and wonder marvellously; for, behold, a work shall be wrought in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you. (Prophets HAB.1.5, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

UK: marvellously (double l); USA: marvelously (single l). From «marvel» (a wonder).