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marvelous

[mahr-vuh-luhs]

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adjective

superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.

such as to cause wonder, admiration, or astonishment; surprising; extraordinary.

improbable or incredible: the marvelous events of Greek myth.

Also, especially British, mar·vel·lous.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English merve(il)lous < Middle French merveilleus. See marvel, -ous

Related forms

mar·vel·ous·ly, adverb

mar·vel·lous·ness, noun

su·per·mar·vel·ous, adjective

su·per·mar·vel·ous·ly, adverb

su·per·mar·vel·ous·ness, noun

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un·mar·vel·lous, adjective

un·mar·vel·lous·ly, adverb

un·mar·vel·lous·ness, noun

un·mar·vel·ous, adjective

un·mar·vel·ous·ly, adverb

un·mar·vel·ous·ness, noun

COLLAPSE

Synonyms
1. wonderful. 2. wondrous, amazing, miraculous. 3. unbelievable.

Antonyms
1. terrible. 2. commonplace.

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Example Sentences

Both are strong yet almost weightless, a marvelous combination.

If you do that, it can be a marvelous experience all around.

What a marvelous summary of consumption and production trends across the past two centuries.

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If you do that, it can be a marvelous experience all around.

What a marvelous summary of consumption and production trends across the past two centuries.

Getting above a group is a marvelous way to see everyone's face.

They provided hearing aids which were truly marvelous.

The transcontinental delivery system was marvelous in its simplicity.

The actual tomatoes somehow still look absolutely marvelous.

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With a couple extra effects this picture turned out marvelous.

Baking soda does a marvelous job of oven cleaning and refrigerator cleaning with a bit of elbow grease.

The image always has a marvelous illusion of depth and objects are only jumping out at you when it's appropriate.

All in all, the design is a marvelous idea that doesn't quite pan out.

If it is technically possible to provide a transcript, that would be marvelous.

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And there was a marvelous juxtaposition in the film.

There were so many marvelous photographs, it was hard to choose.

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The opposition has done a marvelous job at rhetoric.

Each one was unique, with some opening to reveal marvelous miniatures and others functioning as clocks.

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In the first place, for-profitness is hardly a marvelous new invention.

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Green is a raven-haired beauty with a marvelous knack for gardening.

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It was marvelous and majestic and more than a bit absurd.

Hunters of the night and silent in flight, owls are truly marvelous creatures.

So well did he succeed in these things, and such marvelous results did he often obtain, that the.

The book grew less out of the literary ambitions of its author than out of her marvelous skills as a raconteur.

They're also marvelous roasted with balsamic vinegar, olive.

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We look forward to adding him to our already marvelous faculty.

Whether the whole trip is an eco-stunt or something more important, the ship itself is marvelous to behold.

He is a marvelous interpreter of guacamole, of ceviche, of finishing-school tacos and wood-oven quesadillas.

The advertising industry has done a marvelous job for companies and govenment but hurt the average person.

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He'll get up on the post and crow as the marvelous sunrise technologies come blindingly to the fore during his administration.

Before many battles had been fought, it became evident that despite the marvelous development of.

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We all had a marvelous time, and the recipes were absolutely delicious.

The world is still a marvelous and fascinating place and many intelligent and perceptive people are doing interesting work.

He unearthed a royal tomb complex that included three intact and undisturbed burial chambers-a rare and marvelous find.

Ya'll have done a marvelous job in allowing us to suspend disbelief and enter a world outside our own individual realities.

With his marvelous marble sculptures that harnessed a since of reality.

The netbook could be an efficient marvelous data processing machine if configured adequately.

We had a marvelous time sharing our individual family information.

It is a marvelous mechanism that has afforded us a diversity of products and services and has spawned technological advances.

Thank you for a marvelous vignette on the importance of art and the written word to the continued understanding of culture.

Tojo's is as strange and marvelous a restaurant as has opened anywhere in the world, and certainly one of its best sushi bars.

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World English Dictionary

marvellous or marvelous (ˈmɑːv^ələs)

—*adj*
1.	causing great wonder, surprise, etc; extraordinary
2.	improbable or incredible
3.	excellent; splendid

marvelous or marvelous

—*adj*

'marvellously or marvelous

—*adv*

'marvelously or marvelous

—*adv*

'marvellousness or marvelous

—n

'marvelousness or marvelous

—n

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Word Origin & History

marvelous

c.1300, from O.Fr. merveillos, from merveille (see marvel). Weakened sense of "splendid, very nice" is from 1924.

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