Read full poem →Fletcher and Mr. Shakespeare. The story is taken from Chaucer's
Knight's Tale, which Mr.Dryden has admirably put into modem Euglish;
it 18 the first poem in his Fables.
Dictionary Entry
In a way worthy of admiration.
In a Sentence
“Admirably, he went down with his ship after the surviving crew got away in lifeboats.”
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Common Phrases
adapted admirably. admirablysuited admirablyfitted admirablywell admirablycalculated admirablyadmirably succeeded
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Poetry examples for “admirably”
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Read full poem →into, and the vast variety of distinguished characters which they have so
admirably drawn, shew as strong powers of invention as the creation of
witches and raising of ghosts. Their deficiency therefore in magic is
Read full poem →And he was rich, -- yes, richer than a king, --
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything
Read full poem →characterization he arouses strongly the reader's curiosity, and the
suspense is admirably sustained. The dialogue is bright, and the
construction of the plot shows the work of one well versed in the
Read full poem →tree, which bears her name. These two stories immediately follow each
other, and are admirably well connected._
Read full poem →embitter the human bosom; an ordinary pitch of fortitude may bear up
admirably well, under those calamities, in the procurement of which we
ourselves have had no hand; but when our follies or crimes have made
Read full poem →"Lord Roscommon," says she, "is certainly one of the most promising young
noblemen in Ireland. He has paraphrased a psalm admirably; and a scene
of Pastor Fido, very finely, in some places much better than sir Richard