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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

M`ARVELOUS, a.
1. Wonderful; strange; exciting wonder or some degree of surprise.
This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. Psalms 118.
2. Surpassing credit; incredible.
3. The marvelous, in writings, is that which exceeds natural power, or is preternatural; opposed to probable.
4. Formerly used adverbially for wonderfully, exceedingly.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

or marvellous adjective Date: 14th century 1. causing wonder ; astonishing 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 • marvelousness noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

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