wonderful
Americanadjective
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excellent; great; marvelous.
We all had a wonderful weekend.
- Synonyms:
- phenomenal, astounding, amazing, astonishing, prodigious, miraculous, wondrous, awesome, strange, curious, unique
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of a sort that causes or arouses wonder; amazing; astonishing.
The storm was wonderful to behold.
adjective
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exciting a feeling of wonder; marvellous or strange
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extremely fine; excellent
Other Word Forms
- unwonderful adjective
- wonderfully adverb
- wonderfulness noun
Etymology
Origin of wonderful
First recorded before 1100; wonder ( def. ) + -ful ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Ms. Veit is a wonderful writer who brings to her subject a wealth of research and an attitude of refreshingly nonideological neutrality.
"There's a wonderful relationship between the mother and daughter, and we really tried to zero in on the emotional horror, like to really make you feel it," Williamson said.
From Barron's
"The wonderful thing about this conference are the young people here," she said.
From Barron's
Mark: But hindsight's a wonderful thing isn't it?
From BBC
"It's a magical day. It's history for our sport, and for us as athletes, and it's wonderful," said Fatton.
From BBC
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