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Related to magical: magical realism, Magical thinking

mag·i·cal

 (măj′ĭ-kəl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or produced by magic.
2. Enchanting; bewitching: a magical performance of the ballet.

mag′i·cal·ly adv.

mag•i•cal

(ˈmædʒ ɪ kəl)

adj.
1. produced by or as if by magic: a magical change.
2. enchanting: a magical night.
3. of or pertaining to magic.
[1545–55]
mag′i•cal•ly, adv.

magic

magical
1. 'magic' used as a noun

Magic is a special power that occurs in children's stories and that some people believe exists. It can make apparently impossible things happen.

Janoo-Bai was suspected of practising magic.
2. 'magic' used as an adjective

You use magic in front of a noun to indicate that an object or utterance does things or appears to do things by magic.

...a magic potion.
...the magic password.
3. 'magical'

Magical can be used with a similar meaning.

...magical garments.
...a magical car.

You also use magical to say that something involves magic or is produced by magic.

...medieval magical practices.
...a little boy who has magical powers.
4. another meaning

Magic and magical can also be used to say that something is wonderful and exciting.

...a truly magic moment.
The journey had lost its magical quality.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.magical - possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powersmagical - possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers; "charming incantations"; "magic signs that protect against adverse influence"; "a magical spell"; "'tis now the very witching time of night"- Shakespeare; "wizard wands"; "wizardly powers"
supernatural - not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; "supernatural forces and occurrences and beings"

magical

adjective
1. supernatural, magic, mystical, mystic, occult, other-worldly, paranormal, preternatural the story of a little boy who has magical powers

magical

adjective
Having, brought about by, or relating to supernatural powers or magic:
Translations
سِحْريسِحْرَيّفاتِن، جَميل جِدا
magickýokouzlující
magiskfortryllende
taianomainen
čaroban
bûvös
heillanditöfra-, galdra-
魔術的な
마술적인
magický
čarobenčudovit
förtrollande
ซึ่งมีเวทมนตร์
büyülühayranlık uyandıransihirlibüyüleyici
kỳ diệu

magical

[ˈmædʒɪkəl] ADJ
1. (lit) [powers, properties] → mágico
2. (fig)
2.1. (= captivating) [experience, moment] → mágico
2.2. (= miraculous) [transformation] → milagroso
she had undergone a magical transformationhabía sufrido una transformación milagrosa

magical

[ˈmædʒɪkəl] adj
(lit)magique
(fig) (= wonderful) → magique

magical

adj powers, attraction, lightmagisch; atmosphereunwirklich; the effect was magicaldas wirkte (wahre) Wunder; (visually) → die Wirkung war zauberhaft; magical formulaZauberformel f

magical

[ˈmædʒɪkl] adjmagico/a

magic

(ˈmӕdʒik) noun
1. (the charms, spells etc used in) the art or practice of using supernatural forces. The prince was turned by magic into a frog.
2. the art of producing illusions by tricks. The conjuror's magic delighted the children.
3. fascination or great charm. the magic of Turner's paintings.
adjective
used in or using magic. a magic wand; a magic spell.
ˈmagical adjective
1. produced by, or as if by, the art of magic. magical power.
2. fascinating; charming or very beautiful. a magical experience.
ˈmagically adverb
maˈgician (məˈdʒiʃən) noun
a person skilled in the art of magic. They hired a magician to entertain the children.

magical

سِحْرَيّ magický magisk zauberhaft μαγευτικός mágico taianomainen magique čaroban magico 魔術的な 마술적인 betoverend fantastisk magiczny mágico колдовской förtrollande ซึ่งมีเวทมนตร์ büyülü kỳ diệu 有魔力的
References in classic literature ?
Little they cared what anybody thought, for they were enjoying the happy hour that seldom comes but once in any life, the magical moment which bestows youth on the old, beauty on the plain, wealth on the poor, and gives human hearts a foretaste of heaven.
We drifted along lazily, very happy, through the magical light of the late afternoon.
The sudden and almost magical change, from the stirring incidents of the combat to the stillness that now reigned around him, acted on the heated imagination of Heyward like some exciting dream.
In this magical light that beauty seemed to be sustained and carried along by the river winding at its base, lifted again to the broad shoulder of the mountain, and lost only in the distant vista of death-like, overcrowning snow.
With reference to the whaling scene shortly to be described, as well as for the better understanding of all similar scenes elsewhere presented, I have here to speak of the magical, sometimes horrible whale-line.
So I, too, with the rest of the world, was following in the wake of the magical music.
This portrait would be to him the most magical of mirrors.
When it was lit the magician threw on it a powder he had about him, at the same time saying some magical words.
As soon as she had discovered by means of magical arts that the Prince in the form of a bird was on his way to the Eastern magician, she changed herself into an eagle and watched in the air until the bird she was waiting for came in sight, for she knew him at once by the ring which was hung round his neck by a ribbon.
Whenever he travelled, he carried a pair of the magical instruments in his valise, and gave demonstra- tions on trains and in hotels.
Technology is almost magical, and ambition for a better life is now universal.
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.