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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
marvellous
adj : too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story" [syn: {improbable},
{marvelous}, {tall(a)}]
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