magical

[maj-i-kuhl]

adjective

1. produced by or as if by magic.

   The change in the appearance of the room was magical.

2. mysteriously enchanting.

   a magical night.

3. of or relating to magic.

Other Word Forms

• magically adverb
• hypermagical adjective
• hypermagically adverb
• quasi-magical adjective
• quasi-magically adverb
• semimagical adjective
• semimagically adverb
• unmagical adjective
• unmagically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of magical¹

First recorded in 1545–55; magic + -al ¹

Example Sentences

This concept of women working together in magical ensembles is hardly limited to “Beetlejuice.”

From Salon

Mr Greenlaw-Meek - founder of The Wellness Foundry in Ramsgate, Kent and London - posted a video with his husband prior to boarding the flight reflecting on their "magical experience" in India.

From BBC

He was described at the beginning of each episode as "the most important, the most beautiful, the most magical saggy old cloth cat in the whole wide world".

From BBC

The replacements lack heart and the magical team chemistry is gone.

From Los Angeles Times

Riley ultimately held the performance at the Kiyomizu-dera shrine in Kyoto under what was said to be a magical July full moon.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• eerie 
• enchanted 
• enchanting 
• extraordinary 
• fascinating 
• magic 
• marvelous 
• miraculous 
• mysterious 
• mythical 
• otherworldly 
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• spooky 
• uncanny 
• unusual 
• weird 
• wonderful