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mag·i·cal
 magical
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- pronunciation:
- mae
jih
k
 l
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
mysterious and charming.
a magical smile |
| definition 2: |
magic.
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| related words: |
charming, mystic, mystical, supernatural |
adverb + (adj.)magical
almost, seemingly, truly
(adj.)magical
+ noun
ability,
adventure,
amulet,
apparition,
arrow,
aura,
beast,
being,
belief,
carpet,
charm,
childhood,
combination,
contagion,
creature,
cure,
dash,
element,
elixir,
encounter,
fairy,
fantasy,
feat,
fix,
formula,
globe,
glow,
healing,
herb,
horn,
illusion,
incantation,
ingredient,
journey,
kingdom,
landscape,
literacy,
magic,
means,
mermaid,
mile,
mimesis,
mist,
moment,
mystery,
object,
papyrus,
place,
potency,
potion,
powder,
power,
property,
puppet,
quality,
realism,
realist,
realm,
rite,
ritual,
season,
solution,
spell,
splendor,
substance,
sword,
tale,
talent,
thinker,
thinking,
touch,
tour,
toy,
transformation,
treasure,
trick,
writing
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| derivation: |
magically (adv.) |
The word magical
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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