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marvellous

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mar·vel·ous also mar·vel·lous  (märv-ls)
adj.
1. Causing wonder or astonishment.
2. Miraculous; supernatural.
3. Of the highest or best kind or quality; first-rate: has a marvelous collection of rare books.

marvel·ous·ly adv.
marvel·ous·ness n.

marvellous or US marvelous
Adjective
1. excellent or splendid: a marvellous idea
2. causing great wonder or surprise; extraordinary: electricity is a marvellous thing
marvellously or US
marvelously adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.marvellousmarvellous - extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement"
extraordinary - beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature"
2.marvellous - being or having the character of a miracle
supernatural - not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; "supernatural forces and occurrences and beings"
3.marvellous - too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story"
incredible, unbelievable - beyond belief or understanding; "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible"

marvellous
adjective excellent, great (informal) mean (slang) topping Brit. (slang) wonderful, brilliant, bad (slang) cracking Brit. (informal) amazing, crucial (slang) extraordinary, remarkable, smashing (informal) superb, spectacular, fantastic (informal) magnificent, astonishing, fabulous (informal) divine (informal) glorious, terrific (informal) splendid, sensational (informal) mega (slang) sovereign, awesome (slang) breathtaking, phenomenal, astounding, singular, miraculous, colossal, super (informal) wicked (informal) def (slang) prodigious, wondrous (archaic), (literary) brill (informal) stupendous, jaw-dropping, bodacious (slang), chiefly U.S. boffo (slang) jim-dandy (slang) chillin' U.S. (slang) booshit Austral. (slang) exo Austral. (slang) sik Austral. (slang) rad (informal) phat (slang) schmick Austral. (informal) << OPPOSITE terrible
Translations
Spanish marvellous (US), marvelous [ˈmɑːvləs] adjmaravilloso
French marvellous (US), marvelous [ˈmɑːvləs] marvel adjmerveilleux/euse
German marvellous (US) marvelous [ˈmɑːvləs] marvel adjwunderbar
Italian marvellous (US), marvelous [ˈmɑːvələs] adjmeraviglioso/a

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Marvellous weather and the view's marvellous--views westward to the high ground.
I am practically industrious-- painstaking, a workman to execute with perseverance and labour-- but besides this there is a love for the marvellous, a belief in the marvellous, intertwined in all my projects, which hurries me out of the common pathways of men, even to the wild sea and unvisited regions I am about to explore.
For it is thus that people have been in the habit of proceeding with the marvellous churches of the Middle Ages for the last two hundred years.
 
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