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

Cianfrance always knew he wanted “Roofman” to be a Christmas movie, which often features characters rediscovering themselves in a small town and magical happenings like, as he says, “a fish shows up with wings.”

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“Many of us are first drawn to cheese by a seemingly magical force,” Kubick told me in a recent email.

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And performer La Voix's Waltz left the audience and judges in a stunned silence, after a magical waltz in which she became Mary Poppins.

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Using is figuring out how much to take to find a magical state of equilibrium.

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Few players have ever been as magical with shot-making and finding the open man.

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Related Words

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