Definition of marvelous
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
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Examples of marvelous in a Sentence
We had a marvelous time at the party.
He has a marvelous way with children.
The weather was simply marvelous.
Recent Examples of marvelous from the Web
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Bronfman has been a frequent guest, and the interplay between the orchestra and Bronfman was marvelous.
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Joe lives with his fragile but delightful mother (Judith Roberts, marvelous) in one of New York’s outer boroughs and accepts his commissions through middleman John McCleary (John Doman).
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Too bad that this didn’t happen back in 1962 when Phil wrote this marvelous book (which is even better than Amazon’s streaming video).
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Josiah is next, and delivers a marvelous lawyer joke to grab Rachel’s attention.
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Her scenes with Mark Rylance, who plays a perfect Jakob, create a marvelous tension.
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14th Century
First Known Use of marvelous
14th century
MARVELOUS Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of marvelous for English Language Learners
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: extremely good or enjoyable
MARVELOUS Defined for Kids
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\ˈmär-və-ləs\Definition of marvelous for Students
1 : causing wonder or astonishment marvelous adventures
2 : of the finest kind or quality a marvelous dinner
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