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Adjective: marvellous  maa(r)-vu-lus
Usage: Brit, Cdn (=marvelous)
  1. Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as an intensifier
    "a marvellous collection of rare books"; "a marvellous trip to the Orient"
    - fantastic, grand, howling, marvelous [US], rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous, magnificent
     
  2. Too improbable to admit of belief
    "a marvellous story"; "a marvellous story"
    - improbable, marvelous [US], tall
     
  3. Being or having the character of a miracle
    - marvelous [US], miraculous

See also: extraordinary, incredible, marvel, supernatural, unbelievable