## Etymology
From admirable + -ly, from Latin admirabilis ('worthy of wonder'), from admirari ('to wonder at'), from ad- ('at') + mirari ('to wonder'), from mirus ('wonderful').

## AI Etymology
admirably comes from admirable + -ly, from Latin admirabilis ('worthy of wonder'), from admirari ('to wonder at'), from ad- ('at') + mirari ('to wonder'), from mirus ('wonderful'). Morphologically, the word is transparent: -ly is attached to the older base named in the history, so the modern form packages an inherited or borrowed stem inside a later English derivative. In modern use, the adverb sense is "in a way deserving respect or approval; excellently", which keeps the etymology connected to the word's present dictionary value rather than treating it as a merely historical label. The wider word family includes related English forms such as admirable, admire, admiration, showing how the same base continues to support neighboring English vocabulary. The principal historical forms in the chain include Latin admirari, Latin mirus, which anchor the explanation in named linguistic material.

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- Ethics & Social Judgment
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