The Collaborative International Dictionary
Marvelous \Mar"vel*ous\, a. [OE. merveillous, OF. merveillos, F. Merveilleux. See Marvel, n.] [Written also marvellous.]
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Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
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Partaking of the character of miracle, or supernatural power; incredible; so improbable as to defy belief.
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.
Usage examples of "the marvelous".
Yet he possessed the aura of the marvelous as do all mortals to a vampire's eyes.
Then came the marvelous realization that I was indeed rising, a spirit form, weightless and free, my manly shape still visible to me with its arms and legs, stretching out just below the white ceiling, so that I did indeed look down and see the astounding spectacle of my own body seated still in the chair.
The descents were sufficiently perilous, and while we were engaged in them we learned fully to appreciate the marvelous coolness of our guide, Hans.
Alaphondar Emmarask and Merula the Marvelous watched from the foot of the bed, eyes beady and observant, alert as always for any sign that the royal magician knew their thoughts.
Suddenly there was a hot gust of her body smell in his nostrils, rich and strong, the marvelous aroma of her own arousal, and he felt the new surge of strength into the core of his being.
My artist's eye was at once drawn to the marvelous paintings on the ceilings, which depicted scenes from various great operas.
As well as a knowledge of all the marvelous tools with which his workshop was equipped.
It was you, Master, who let me see what little I could of the marvelous bright world unfolding around me in ways I couldn't have imagined in the land or time in which I was born.
The hard-core five hundred or so Mayfairs, whom Rowan had already come to know personally, were milling about quite at home, sitting on the staircase to talk, or wandering around in the bedrooms admiring the marvelous changes, or hovering about the huge and gaudy display of expensive gifts.
Meanwhile, he had made casual inquiries in the bar at Willard's and, of the lot, Sal Austin had been most highly praised for discretion as well as for the richness of her waiting rooms, for the comfort of her bedrooms, for the variety of her food and drink, and, finally, for the marvelous choice of girls.
The parlor might well be the centerpiece of the marvelous combination.