Meaning of MIRACULOUS
| Pronunciation: | | mi'rakyûlus
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- [adj] peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention; "a heaven-sent rain saved the crops"; "a providential recovery"
- [adj] being or having the character of a miracle
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| | Synonyms: | | fortunate, heaven-sent, marvellous, marvelous, providential, supernatural |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mi*rac"u*lous\, a. [F. miraculeux. See {Miracle}.]
1. Of the nature of a miracle; performed by supernatural
power; effected by the direct agency of almighty power,
and not by natural causes.
2. Supernatural; wonderful.
3. Wonder-working. ``The miraculous harp.'' --Shak. --
{Mi*rac"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Mi*rac"u*lous*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | amazing, astonishing, astounding, beguiling, bewildering, bewitched, crazy, enchanted, enigmatic, exceptional, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, fascinating, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, inexplicable, magical, marvelous, mind-boggling, necromantic, numinous, outlandish, passing strange, phenomenal, preternatural, prodigious, puzzling, rare, remarkable, sensational, spectacular, staggering, strange, striking, stupendous, superhuman, superior, supermundane, supernatural, supramundane, supranatural, thaumaturgic, unbelievable, unearthly, unexplainable, unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unprecedented, wonderful, wonder-working, wondrous |
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