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Webster 1913 Edition


Miraculous

Mi-rac′u-lous

,
Adj.
[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
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Miraculous

MIRAC'ULOUS

,
Adj.
Performed supernaturally, or by a power beyond the ordinary agency of natural laws; effected by the direct agency of Almighty power, and not by natural causes; as the miraculous healing of the sick or raising the dead by Christ.
1.
Supernatural; furnished supernaturally, or competent to perform miracles; as the miraculous powers of the Apostles. Miraculous, applied to the extraordinary powers of the Apostles, may mean conferred by supernatural agency, or competent to work miracles. I believe it is generally used in the latter sense.
2.
In a less definite sense, wonderful; extra-ordinary.

Definition 2024


miraculous

miraculous

English

Adjective

miraculous (comparative more miraculous, superlative most miraculous)

  1. Pertaining to miracles; referring to something that people can't explain.
    • 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport:
      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.
  2. By supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god (only used when positive).

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