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marvellous

adjective UK UK (US marvelous)
 
 
/ˈmɑː.vəl.əs/ US  /ˈmɑːr-/

Definition

B1 extremely good: He's done a marvellous job of the decorating. It took me ages to get it right, but it was a marvellous feeling when I did. It's marvellous how everyone's tried to help. He was a truly marvellous storyteller. We've achieved some marvellous results with this new drug.Extremely good marvellously (US marvelously)
 
 
/-li/ adverb
We've had a few arguments over the years, but in general we get on marvellously.Extremely good
(Definition of marvellous adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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