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Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
I went to a marvelous party last week.
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Marvelous — may refer to: Marvelous (album), a 2001 album by Misia Marvelous (film) a 2006 film starring Martha Plimpton Marvelous: Mōhitotsu no Takarajima, a video game by Nintendo Marvelous Bridges, a rock formation in Bulgaria Marvelous Entertainment, a… … Wikipedia
Marvelous — Mar vel*ous, a. [OE. merveillous, OF. merveillos, F. Merveilleux. See {Marvel}, n.] [Written also {marvellous}.] 1. Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful. [1913 Webster] This is the Lord s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. Ps.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Marvelous 3 — Origin Atlanta, Georgia USA Genres Rock Punk pop[1] Post grunge[2] Alternative rock … Wikipedia
marvelous — c.1300, causing wonder, from O.Fr. merveillos marvelous, wonderful (Mod.Fr. merveilleux), from merveille (see MARVEL (Cf. marvel) (n.)). Weakened sense of splendid, very nice is from 1924. Related: Marvelously … Etymology dictionary
marvelous — [adj1] hard to believe; amazing astonishing, astounding, awe inspiring, awesome, awful, bewildering, breathtaking, confounding, difficult to believe, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, implausible, improbable, incomprehensible, inconceivable,… … New thesaurus
marvelous — index ineffable, meritorious, portentous (eliciting amazement), prodigious (amazing), remarkable, special, unusual … Law dictionary
marvelous — [mär′və ləs] adj. [ME merveilous < OFr merveillos < merveille: see MARVEL] 1. causing wonder; surprising, astonishing, or extraordinary 2. so extraordinary as to be improbable, incredible, or miraculous 3. very good; fine; splendid: Also… … English World dictionary
marvelous — 01. The house was decorated for Christmas with [marvelous] handmade ornaments. 02. Beckman scored the goal with a [marvelous] shot just over the head of the goalkeeper. 03. For our wedding anniversary, we had a [marvelous] evening of dinner and… … Grammatical examples in English
marvelous — adj. 1) marvelous to + inf. (it s marvelous to have a day off = it s marvelous having a day off) 2) marvelous that + clause (it s marvelous that we could see each other again) … Combinatory dictionary
marvelous — mar|vel|ous adjective * 1. ) extremely enjoyable or exciting: It s been a marvelous day. a marvelous performance/trip/party 2. ) extremely good: We were served spaghetti with a marvelous pesto. 3. ) extremely impressive or with many good… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
marvelous — or marvellous adjective Date: 14th century 1. causing wonder ; astonishing 2. miraculous, supernatural < Gothic tales of marvelous and bizarre happenings > 3. of the highest kind or quality ; notably superior < has a marvelous way with children … New Collegiate Dictionary
