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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  marvellous \marvellous\ adj.
     Marvelous.
  
     Syn: improbable, marvelous, tall(prenominal).
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Marvelous \Mar"vel*ous\, a. [OE. merveillous, OF. merveillos, F.
     Merveilleux. See Marvel, n.] [Written also marvellous.]
     1. Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
  
              This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our
              eyes.                                 --Ps. cxiii.
                                                    23.
  
     2. Partaking of the character of miracle, or supernatural
        power; incredible.
  
              The marvelous fable includes whatever is
              supernatural, and especially the machines of the
              gods.                                 --Pope.
  
     The marvelous, that which exceeds natural power, or is
        preternatural; that which is wonderful; -- opposed to the
        probable.
  
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  marvellous
       adj 1: extraordinarily good; 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, howling(a), marvelous,
               rattling(a), terrific, tremendous, wonderful,
               wondrous]
       2: being or having the character of a miracle [syn: marvelous,
           miraculous]
       3: too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story" [syn: improbable,
           marvelous, tall(a)]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  marvellous
     Αγγλικά a.
     έξοχος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  marvellous
     a.
     (lb en British spelling) Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing;
  wonderful.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  marvellous
     a.
     (lb en British spelling) Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing;
  wonderful.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  marvellous
     a.
     (lb en British spelling) Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing;
  wonderful.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  marvellous
     a.
     (lb en British spelling) Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing;
  wonderful.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  marvellous
     Englanti a.
     uskomaton, ihmeellinen

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Marvellous /mˈɑːvələs/
  رائع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  marvellous //ˈmɑɹvələs// //ˈmɑːvləs// //ˈmɑːvələs// 
  удивителен, чуден
  exciting wonder or surprise