magical

CEFRB1

/ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/

adjective

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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The fireworks created a magical atmosphere in that beautiful summer night.
But the vulva is the magical wound that bleeds and heals itself every month, and because it bleeds in sympathy with the dark of the moon, the vulva is an expression not of physiology but of cosmology.
He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.

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But the vulva is the magical wound that bleeds and heals itself every month, and because it bleeds in sympathy with the dark of the moon, the vulva is an expression not of physiology but of cosmology.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 109
He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.
1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
This latest album, Too Hot To Sleep, concentrates more on his "natural" voice, which is baritone. But on those tunes where he exercises that magical falsetto, I just found myself shaking my head and saying "My, my, my!"
1981 December 5, Julie Coles, “Sylvester: Too Hot”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 20, page 12

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From magic + -al.