Literary notes about MARVELOUS (AI summary)
The term "marvelous" is employed in literature as a versatile, praise-laden descriptor that can highlight everything from a character’s unique talents to the breathtaking qualities of a landscape or journey. Writers use it to underscore exceptional mental prowess, as when a memory is described as marvelous [1], or to evoke the wonder of extraordinary adventures and natural phenomena [2], [3], [4]. It also appears in reflections on personal achievements or political acumen, emphasizing a superior grasp on ideas or events [5], [6]. Whether emphasizing the striking beauty of a scene, the rapidity of physical movement [7], or the singular charm of a person or object [8], "marvelous" functions as a powerful adjective that deepens the reader's sense of awe and admiration across varied literary contexts [9], [10], [11].
- His memory span for names was marvelous.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - Finally, at around four o'clock, this marvelous excursion came to an end.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne - Ah—what a journey—what a marvelous and extraordinary journey!
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne - The cyclone had set the house down, very gently—for a cyclone—in the midst of a country of marvelous beauty.
— from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum - It was in this year that Bacon wrote his series of State Papers , which show a marvelous grasp of the political tendencies of his age.
— from English Literature by William J. Long - Decision of purpose and promptness of action enabled him to astonish the world with his marvelous successes.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden - Now and then he makes a marvelous spring with his long legs, high over the stunted sage-brush, and scores a leap that would make a horse envious.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain - She’s marvelous,” he went on, speaking of a new French actress.
— from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy - Like Ruskin, he could see the marvelous philosophy, the Divine plan, in the lowliest object.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden - “Really, monsieur,” said the commissary, “that is a marvelous deduction.
— from The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc - "Sir, it is lamentable that mass agricultural development is not speeded by fuller use of your marvelous mechanisms.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
