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Miraculously

adv.hopeful, joyfulwarm

What it means

In an extraordinarily fortunate or seemingly impossible way.

Reach for it when emphasizing the surprising manner of a welcome outcome

The fragile seedlings miraculously survived the late freeze.

Choose between these

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  • everyday

    incredibly

    for emphatic surprise in conversation

    not when Incredibly is overused and can weaken a precise account.

  • everyday

    unexpectedly

    when the event simply was not predicted

    not when Unexpectedly is neutral and may describe a small change.

  • warm

    against the odds

    when success occurs despite strong contrary probability

    not when The phrase needs real odds or strong evidence, not dramatic instinct.

  • warm

    astonishingly

    when intense surprise is the supported claim

    not when Astonishingly can introduce bad news and lacks miraculous gratitude.

  • warm

    wonderfully

    when the positive quality matters more than probability

    not when Wonderfully does not mean that the result was unlikely.

  • professional

    remarkably

    when an unusual result deserves measured attention

    not when Remarkably is less intense and does not imply extreme improbability.

  • formal

    providentially

    when timely help is interpreted as divine care

    not when The adverb makes a religious claim that readers may not share.

  • literary

    as if by a miracle

    when figurative comparison should be explicit

    not when The comparison adds words while still obscuring practical causes.

Said against

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  • predictably
  • ordinarily
  • disastrously

It naturally appears in

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  • miraculously survive

    The paper records miraculously survived years in the damp cellar.

  • miraculously escape

    No one was hurt when the passengers miraculously escaped the wreck.

  • almost miraculously

    The scattered pieces fit almost miraculously after careful sorting.

The word family

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