miraculous

From Middle French miraculeux. Displaced native Old English wundorlīċ.

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /mɪˈɹæk.jʊ.ləs/, /mɪˈɹæk.jə.ləs/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /məˈɹæk.jə.ləs/
• Hyphenation: mi‧rac‧u‧lous

miraculous (comparative more miraculous, superlative most miraculous)

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

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