magnificent
Collocations
4(adj.)
VERBS
be, look
ADV
really, truly
absolutely, quite
The sunset last evening was quite magnificent, with brilliant orange and pink colors spreading across the sky.
rather
Definitions
adj
Grand, elegant or splendid in appearance.
“Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.
Armstrong: "Isn't that something! Magnificent sight out here." Aldrin: "Magnificent desolation."
Grand or noble in action.
Exceptional for its kind.
They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
Substitute Edin Dzeko scrambled in a fourth and the magnificent David Silva ran clear to add another, before the Bosnian striker inflicted the final wound seconds from the end.
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6“Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.
WiktionaryArmstrong: "Isn't that something! Magnificent sight out here." Aldrin: "Magnificent desolation."
WiktionaryThey burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was th
WiktionaryThis scenery is magnificent.
Tatoeba · #36055The royal wedding was a magnificent occasion.
Tatoeba · #49458A magnificent sight presented itself before us.
Tatoeba · #51856