marvelous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
    fantastic; marvellous; grand; terrific; howling; wonderful; wondrous; rattling; tremendous.
    • a fantastic trip to the Orient
    • the film was fantastic!
    • a howling success
    • a marvelous collection of rare books
    • had a rattling conversation about politics
    • a tremendous achievement
  2. adjective satellite too improbable to admit of belief
    marvellous; improbable; tall.
    • a tall story
  3. adjective satellite being or having the character of a miracle
    marvellous; miraculous.

WordNet

Mar"vel*ous adjective
Etymology
OE. merveillous, OF. merveillos, F. Merveilleux. See Marvel, n.
Definitions
  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 supernaural power; incredible.
    The marvelous fable includes whatever is supernatural, and especially the machines of the gods. Pope.
    Syn. -- Wonderful; astonishing; surprising; strange; improbable; incredible. -- 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.

Webster 1913