Usually means: Causing great wonder; extraordinarily good.
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  1. marvellous: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. marvellous: Merriam-Webster
  3. marvellous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. marvellous: Collins English Dictionary
  5. marvellous: Vocabulary.com
  6. Marvellous, marvellous: Wordnik
  7. marvellous: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. marvellous: Wiktionary
  9. marvellous: Dictionary.com
  10. Marvellous, Marvellous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. marvellous: Rhymezone
  12. Marvellous: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  13. marvellous: FreeDictionary.org
  14. marvellous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. marvellous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. marvellous: Encyclopedia

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  1. marvellous: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (British spelling) Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.

Similar:
marvelous, incredible, tall, unbelievable, improbable, marvelsome, wondrous, wonderous, wonderful, monstrous, more...

Opposite:
mediocre, mediocrity, average, normal, commonplace, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, ho-hum

Phrases:
marvellous melbourne, marvellous boy, George's Marvellous Medicine, Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia, I Went to a Marvellous Party, more...

Adjectives:
bloody, least, most, such, whole, perfect, five, certain, pleased, nigh

Colors:
    emerald,     sapphire,     ruby,     amethyst,     gold, more...



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Similar:
marvelous, incredible, tall, unbelievable, improbable, marvelsome, wondrous, wonderous, wonderful, monstrous, more...

Opposite:
mediocre, mediocrity, average, normal, commonplace, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, ho-hum

Phrases:
marvellous melbourne, marvellous boy, George's Marvellous Medicine, Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia, I Went to a Marvellous Party, old and marvellous, more...

Adjectives:
bloody, least, most, such, whole, perfect, five, certain, pleased, nigh

Colors:
    emerald,     sapphire,     ruby,     amethyst,     gold, more...



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