- a variation of marvelous.
marvellous
Britishadjective
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causing great wonder, surprise, etc; extraordinary
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improbable or incredible
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excellent; splendid
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Example Sentences
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They came up with the idea during a night in the pub after Mayall had just done a week-long stint reading George's Marvellous Medicine on Jackanory.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Marvellous Morocco have lit up this World Cup - and their fans got their reward by witnessing their side becoming the first from their continent to reach the semi-finals.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2022
The match will attract an unlikely Zimbabwean fan, 34-year-old Marvellous Mutohwo, who lives in the capital, Harare, and hasn’t watched football in years.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2022
The opening production, Marvellous, is performed as "theatre in the round", with the stage in the centre and no seat further than six rows from the stage.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2022
Do you know of the Jameson Raid, described as a “fiasco”? Marvellous punctuation story.
From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author
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