adv. [f. ADMIRABLE + -LY2.] In an admirable manner; marvelously, wonderfully (obs.); in a manner exciting wonder and pleasure; excellently.

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1593.  R. Harvey, Philad., 4. So you may deny almost euery actors Actes, that hath liued admirably in the worlde.

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1615.  Sandys, Trav., 19. Being borne by a tempest vnto this Iland, and so admirably deliuered.

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1664.  Pepys, in Shaks. Cent. Praise, 318. ‘Macbeth,’ a pretty good play, but admirably acted.

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1725.  De Foe, Voy. round World (1840), 102. Calicoes, muslins, wrought silks, some of them admirably fine.

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1769.  Junius Lett., iv. 21. He handles his weapon most admirably.

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1855.  Macaulay, Fredk. Gt., 87. The Prussian army … was also admirably trained and admirably officered.

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1863.  Kemble, Resid. Georgia, 47. The pigs thrive admirably here.

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