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English Dictionary: marvelous	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marvelous adj 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" Synonym(s): fantastic, grand, howling(a), marvelous, marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story" Synonym(s): improbable, marvelous, marvellous, tall(a) being or having the character of a miracle Synonym(s): marvelous, marvellous, miraculous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Marvelous \Mar"velous\, 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.