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Miraculous

//mɪˈɹæk.jʊ.ləs// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    By supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god; that cannot be explained in terms of normal events.
  2. 2
    Very surprising; amazing.

    "If Moldova harboured even the slightest hopes of pulling off a comeback that would have bordered on miraculous given their lack of quality, they were snuffed out 13 minutes before the break when Oxlade-Chamberlain picked his way through midfield before releasing Defoe for a finish that should have been dealt with more convincingly by Namasco at his near post."

Adjective
  1. 1
    peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention wordnet
  2. 2
    being or having the character of a miracle wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French miraculeux. Displaced native Old English wundorlīċ.

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