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marvellous

British  
/ ˈmɑːvələs /

adjective

  1. causing great wonder, surprise, etc; extraordinary

  2. improbable or incredible

  3. excellent; splendid

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It is more than a decade since Marvellous first aired, with a subsequent theatre version taking to the stage in 2022.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2025

"My Mum said in the evening, 'Choose your toys, you're going tomorrow to go by train, you're going to go by ship, you're going to see another country, and another language. Marvellous!'"

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2023

His first two, Kay's Anatomy and Kay's Marvellous Medicine, have been translated into 29 languages and sold 500,000 copies.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2023

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

Do you know of the Jameson Raid, described as a “fiasco”? Marvellous punctuation story.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

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