wonderfully
Americanadverb
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in a way or to a degree that is excellent, great, truly satisfying, etc..
There's nothing cheap about doing your own carpentry anymore, but this project turned out wonderfully.
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in a way or to a degree that arouses wonder or amazement; astonishingly.
For a first novel by such a young author, it shows wonderfully vivid powers of description and characterization.
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Origin of wonderfully
First recorded in 1250–1300; wonderful ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Yet, despite this occasional datedness, “Love and Death in the American Novel” remains wonderfully alive, being iconoclastic, polemical, exhilarating and, not least, fun to read.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Your biological age may be wonderfully low, but disease often shows up unannounced.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
The movie takes place in wonderfully detailed environments that evoke the earlier, beloved films.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
These are matters of the heart that can only be felt in the dark of the theater, watching such wonderfully realized characters weigh the cost of loving their work in a world that scarcely reciprocates.
From Salon • May 1, 2026
They’d dropped any masquerade and were just wonderfully, powerfully, and instructively themselves.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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