Admirably
['ædmərəbli]
Definition
(adv.) in an admirable manner; 'the children's responses were admirably normal'.
Edited by ELLA--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In an admirable manner.
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Examples
- Douglas Galton of the English army for use in barracks, but this stove is also admirably adapted for houses. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- No doubt this automatic and balanced theory of government suited admirably that distrust of the people which seems to have been a dominant feeling among the Fathers. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It was a wax-coloured model of my friend, so admirably done that it was a perfect facsimile. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She looks the part, and I am persuaded will do it admirably. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Henry was in good humour, and brought out his dry caustic wit admirably. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It is true that _P_, the load raised, will be less than _W_, the force exerted, but if speed is our aim, this machine serves our purpose admirably. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It was tried under all conditions and served admirably. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- So far all had gone admirably. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Some good rousing tunes firSt. Rosamond played admirably. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He seems to me to understand his profession admirably. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But I had been formerly a great lover of fish, and when it came out of the frying-pan it smelled admirably well. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Oh, admirably,' said Mr. Benjamin Allen. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A little humbug, and a groove, and everything goes on admirably, if you leave it alone. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Well,' said the doctor, 'I am sorry to hear it, because you do that sort of thing admirably. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- This gentleman turned out admirably--far better than either you or I could possibly have expected, reader. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The pictures produced by the collodion process are negatives, which serve admirably for transferring positive pictures on to sensitive paper. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- What science, then, can there be more noble, more excellent, more useful for men, more admirably high and demonstrative, than this of the mathematics? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- She spoke their language admirably. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The alarm of fire was admirably done. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He taught you admirably, said Roylands, wondering why the Greek eyed him so keenly while making this speech. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It was admirably said by Captain Swosser. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mamma, she would fill your blue chair so admirably! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- You have succeeded admirably, especially in that last chorus. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- There are four points of universal importance, admirably stated. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Pardon me, sir, replied the Count, who spoke English admirably, but we Greeks are partial to such mingling. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- In everything but disposition they were admirably taught. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- One, aquatic, a yard long, fifteen pounds in weight, with limbs and strong claws admirably adapted for crawling over the rugged and fissured masses of l ava, feeds on seaweed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This would serve admirably for a portrayal of the Bell telephone, except that it mentions distinctly the use of the make-and-break method (i. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The boat he goes in is admirably miscalculated for the service it is built for. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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