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Marvelous   /mˈɑrvələs/   Listen
Marvelous

adjective
(Written also marvellous)
1.
Extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers.  Synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling, marvellous, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous.  "The film was fantastic!" , "A howling success" , "A marvelous collection of rare books" , "Had a rattling conversation about politics" , "A tremendous achievement"
2.
Too improbable to admit of belief.  Synonyms: improbable, marvellous, tall.
3.
Being or having the character of a miracle.  Synonyms: marvellous, miraculous.






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"Marvelous" Quotes from Famous Books



... did Percy circle the big practice field, as though determined to impress upon the lookers-on the marvelous advantages his new biplane ...
— The Airplane Boys among the Clouds - or, Young Aviators in a Wreck • John Luther Langworthy

... want nothing," said the clown. "Only just help Cobweb to scratch. I must go to the barber's, for methinks I am marvelous hairy about the face." ...
— Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare • E. Nesbit

... the West. Though the strangers were somewhat shy and suspicious, they offered no harm to the young Shawanoe, who, of course, showed only friendship toward them. From them he gained not a little rude information of the marvelous region which has since become familiar ...
— Camp-fire and Wigwam • Edward Sylvester Ellis

... want to see the toys and dolls and everything. When they got to the fourth floor where all the children's things were kept, they were sorry they had spent even a minute any place else. For all the lovely dolls and marvelous toys and enticing games and beautiful pictures and fascinating puzzles made a person think that Santa Claus's shop and fairyland and magic were all mixed up together and set down in one place. The girls looked and looked and looked. They "oh-ed" and "ah-ed" and exclaimed till they couldn't think ...
— Mary Jane's City Home • Clara Ingram Judson

... down," Everset said, in violation of every law of spaceflight. "These guys are all right. As a matter of fact, they're the most marvelous—" ...
— The Hour of Battle • Robert Sheckley


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