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marvelous

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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.
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Adj.1.marvelousmarvelous - 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.marvelous - 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"
3.marvelous - 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"
Translations
marvelous مدهش úžasný fantastisk wunderbar θαυμάσιος maravilloso ihmeellinen merveilleux čudesan meraviglioso すばらしい 놀라운 wonderbaar vidunderlig cudowny maravilhoso изумительный fantastisk ดีเยี่ยม harika kỳ diệu 绝妙的


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Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal.
In which is related how Dorothy Gale of Kansas, The Shaggy Man, Button Bright, and Polychrome the Rainbow's Daughter met on an Enchanted Road and followed it all the way to the Marvelous Land of Oz.
At midnight the wagon passes here that is to take us within the boundaries of that marvelous country.
 
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