as if by magic in English

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        "In a very surprising or seemingly impossible way."
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "in a very surprising or seemingly impossible way",
          "word": "不可思議"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bùkěsīyì",
          "sense": "in a very surprising or seemingly impossible way",
          "word": "不可思议"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in a very surprising or seemingly impossible way",
          "word": "kuin taikaiskusta"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in a very surprising or seemingly impossible way",
          "word": "taianomaisesti"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in a very surprising or seemingly impossible way",
          "word": "comme par magie"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in a very surprising or seemingly impossible way",
          "word": "jak za dotknięciem czarodziejskiej różdżki"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in a very surprising or seemingly impossible way",
          "word": "como se fosse mágica"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in a very surprising or seemingly impossible way",
          "word": "num passe de mágica"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in a very surprising or seemingly impossible way",
          "word": "por arte de magia"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "as if by magic"
}

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        "In a very surprising or seemingly impossible way."
      ],
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          "surprising"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in a very surprising or seemingly impossible way",
      "word": "不可思議"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùkěsīyì",
      "sense": "in a very surprising or seemingly impossible way",
      "word": "不可思议"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a very surprising or seemingly impossible way",
      "word": "kuin taikaiskusta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a very surprising or seemingly impossible way",
      "word": "taianomaisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a very surprising or seemingly impossible way",
      "word": "comme par magie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in a very surprising or seemingly impossible way",
      "word": "jak za dotknięciem czarodziejskiej różdżki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in a very surprising or seemingly impossible way",
      "word": "como se fosse mágica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in a very surprising or seemingly impossible way",
      "word": "num passe de mágica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a very surprising or seemingly impossible way",
      "word": "por arte de magia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "as if by magic"
}

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"as if by magic" meaning in English

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