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marvellous adjective
UK (US marvelous) 
/ˈmɑː.vəl.əs/
/ˈmɑːr-/ adj
/ˈmɑː.vəl.əs//ˈmɑːr-/ adj Definition
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.
marvellously adverb
US marvelously /ˈmɑː.vəl.ə.sli//ˈmɑːr-/ adv We've had a few arguments over the years, but in general we get on marvellously.
(Definition of marvellous adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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