MIRACULOUS

providential, heaven-sent, miraculous

(adjective) peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention; “a heaven-sent rain saved the crops”; “a providential recovery”

marvelous, marvellous, miraculous

(adjective) being or having the character of a miracle

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

miraculous (comparative more miraculous, superlative most miraculous)

By supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god; that cannot be explained in terms of normal events.

Very surprising; amazing.

Source: Wiktionary


Mi*rac"u*lous, a. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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