What's the difference between miraculous and mirifical?
Miraculous
Definition:
(a.) Of the nature of a miracle; performed by supernatural power; effected by the direct agency of almighty power, and not by natural causes.
(a.) Supernatural; wonderful.
(a.) Wonder-working.
Example Sentences:
(1) On the other hand, the expectation that authority will be bestowed by market forces following a miraculous ‘‘transfer of wealth’’ does suggest an alternative route to normal democratic processes: theocracy via plutocracy.
(2) Russell also described the Commonwealth Games as a catalyst but was realistic enough not to claim they immediately changed an area with long, deep-rooted problems, or miraculously roused a poor, generally unhealthy local population into vigorously playing sport.
(3) Almost 400 homes were destroyed (a third of all buildings on Heimaey) but, miraculously, none of the 5,300 inhabitants died as a direct result.
(4) Miraculously, none of the actors look as if they bear the scars of any psychological trauma.
(5) They’re good at miraculous recoveries here, let’s hope we are again.
(6) Miraculously, it survived the various onslaughts, including a Supreme Court challenge, more or less intact and it should make a significant difference to women's health (pdf).
(7) I’m OK with taking a knee.” Miraculously, Joe says he came to see the protest in a different light thanks to a lengthy conversation with Wesley, the hotel maintenance man who fixed his air conditioning.
(8) For a team in the bottom three for most of the season, that’s a miraculous return for Jermain,” said Allardyce.
(9) At the heart of it, Djinguereber was and remains a marvel of architecture where, when 2,000 people line up for prayers on a Friday, you feel the greatness of God and Islam in your soul.” Miraculously, the mosque was only slightly damaged by the Islamist groups - led by al-Qaida and Ansar Dine - who occupied Timbuktu in 2012.
(10) Images of rain, snow and hail buffeting Northern Ireland’s six counties would appear to miraculously avoid both the Republic and Scotland!
(11) What seems the epitome of mundane routine for the average British commuter is being seen as near miraculous in a city where, like Los Angeles, the car is king and the train is nowhere in sight when navigating the sprawling suburbs.
(12) I’m beginning to appreciate it’s actually been a bit miraculous getting back to any form of racing so quickly.” Kittel, on the other hand, completed the Tour with four stage wins, but has been busy with non-racing commitments since then, although he recently finished eighth on home soil in the Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg.
(13) There was at least one happy tale, after a coot family miraculously escaped from the floods.
(14) He managed to get himself to hospital, where it was found that, miraculously, his internal organs had been relatively unscathed.
(15) Hypotheses have ranged from miraculous intervention to creative psychopathy.
(16) "It's miraculous we survived," said passenger Vedpal Singh, who had a fractured collarbone and whose arm was in a sling.
(17) In the meantime there is still a great deal that the west can accomplish, even if our powers are not miraculous.
(18) To be safe with one game to go is pretty miraculous,” he said.
(19) It was described as "miraculously innovative" by the Guardian critic Michael Billington .
(20) The British men have been through an "I get knocked down but I get up again" tournament, coming back miraculously on a couple of occasions – including in an earlier match against the Aussies – to make it out of the group before suffering a proper drubbing in the semi-final, 9-2 against the brilliant orange Dutch.