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B1. extremely good: He's done a marvellous job of the decorating. It took me ages to get it right, but it was a marvellous feeling when I did. It's marvellous how everyone's tried to help. He was a truly marvellous storyteller. We've achieved some marvellous results with this new drug. Synonyms. wonderful. wondrous literary. Compare.
If you describe someone or something as marvellous, you are emphasizing that they are very good. He certainly is a marvellous actor. She made marvellous fish pie. He looked marvellous. Synonyms: excellent, great, mean [slang], topping [British, slang, old-fashioned] More Synonyms of marvellous.
Marvellous definition: causing great wonder, surprise, etc; extraordinary. See examples of MARVELLOUS used in a sentence.
1. : causing wonder : astonishing. the marvelous directional sense of migrating birds. 2. : miraculous, supernatural. Gothic tales of marvelous and bizarre happenings. 3. : of the highest kind or quality : notably superior. has a marvelous way with children. marvelously adverb. or chiefly British marvellously. marvelously inventive.
adjective. US (UK marvellous) us / ˈmɑːr.v ə l.əs / uk / ˈmɑː.v ə l.əs / Add to word list. B1. extremely good: He's done a marvelous job of the painting. It took me forever to get it right, but it was a marvelous feeling when I did. It's marvelous how everyone's tried to help. He was a truly marvelous storyteller.
Definition of marvellous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define marvellous. marvellous synonyms, marvellous pronunciation, marvellous translation, English dictionary definition of marvellous. also mar·vel·lous adj. 1. Causing wonder or astonishment. 2. Of the highest or best kind or quality; first-rate: has a marvelous collection of rare books....
extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers. synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling, incredible, marvelous, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous. extraordinary. beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable. adjective.
marvellous | marvelous adjective, adverb, & noun. Meaning & use. adjective. 1.a. c1330–. Such as to excite wonder or astonishment (chiefly in a positive sense); wonderful, astonishing, surprising; worthy of admiration.
adjective. UK (US marvelous) uk / ˈmɑːv ə ləs / us. Add to word list. B1. extremely good: What a marvellous idea! marvellously. adverb UK (US marvelously) (Definition of marvellous from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of marvellous. in Chinese (Traditional) 絕妙的, 好極的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified)
