From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
marvellous \marvellous\ adj.
Marvelous.
Syn: improbable, marvelous, tall(prenominal).
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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. cxiii.
23.
[1913 Webster]
2. Partaking of the character of miracle, or supernatural
power; incredible; so improbable as to defy belief.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
The marvelous fable includes whatever is
supernatural, and especially the machines of the
gods. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
{The marvelous}, that which exceeds natural power, or is
preternatural; that which is wonderful; -- opposed to {the
probable}.
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Syn: Wonderful; astonishing; surprising; strange; improbable;
incredible.
Usage: {Marvelous}, {Wonderful}. We speak of a thing as
wonderful when it awakens our surprise and admiration;
as marvelous when it is so much out of the ordinary
course of things as to seem nearly or quite
incredible.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marvellous
adj 1: 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" [syn:
{fantastic}, {grand}, {howling(a)}, {marvelous},
{marvellous}, {rattling(a)}, {terrific}, {tremendous},
{wonderful}, {wondrous}]
2: being or having the character of a miracle [syn: {marvelous},
{marvellous}, {miraculous}]
3: too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story" [syn:
{improbable}, {marvelous}, {marvellous}, {tall(a)}]
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