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US
/mɝˈækjəɫəs/
]
[ UK /mɪɹˈækjʊləs/ ]
[ UK /mɪɹˈækjʊləs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention
a heaven-sent rain saved the crops
a providential recovery - being or having the character of a miracle
How To Use miraculous In A Sentence
- The ASA said the complaints had cited the cartoon depiction of Christ and the Sacred Heart, the use of the term "miraculous" for describing a mobile phone deal, and the fact that it was published on Maundy Thursday. BBC News - Home
- She tapped her umbrella on the setts, calling haughtily for way, and way miraculously appeared. At Swim, Two Boys
- I looked heavenwards as if hoping for a miraculous infusion of patience and tried hard to conceal my irritation. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
- Miraculously, this is one of the paciest, easiest to read novels you could imagine. Times, Sunday Times
- Transforming the press account, Kelly's own narrative further compresses Kastriot's story of miraculous survival into three stanzas and a shorter envoi which are intended to evoke the traditional folk ballad.
- It had become clear that he was dying and Frieda took him first to Germany and then to the south of France in search of what could only have been a miraculous cure.
- I have to applaud Chris for his miraculous, classy turn-around from drug-riddled dope fiend to responsible father and Broadway star.
- Here was a soft-pedalled, soft-grained performance, miraculous in its level of delicacy attained and avoidance of the precious. Times, Sunday Times
- She miraculously encountered the prison dungeon and entered to get some answers.
- It is a hymn to the unanticipated and the miraculous and to the sustaining potential of faith and hope in life itself.