wonderful
excellent; great; marvelous: We all had a wonderful weekend.
of a sort that causes or arouses wonder; amazing; astonishing: The storm was wonderful to behold.
Origin of wonderful
1Other words for wonderful
Other words from wonderful
- won·der·ful·ly, adverb
- won·der·ful·ness, noun
- un·won·der·ful, adjective
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How to use wonderful in a sentence
For that line of work, the pandemic is uniquely wonderful, creating a rare conjunction of factors that produce an especially fraud-friendly climate.
The pandemic may be the greatest environment for business fraud in decades | Geoffrey Colvin | November 12, 2020 | FortuneShe says if I don't lose weight, I won't find a wonderful wedding dress.
Carolyn Hax: Bride’s mom has a ‘toxic’ attitude about her daughter’s weight | Carolyn Hax | November 5, 2020 | Washington PostFor things like GPT-3, which generates this wonderful text, it’s clear it must understand a lot to generate that text, but it’s not quite clear how much it understands.
AI pioneer Geoff Hinton: “Deep learning is going to be able to do everything” | Karen Hao | November 3, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewStill, as the old saying goes, hindsight is a wonderful thing, but foresight is better.
‘Marketing myopia’: Quibi’s flameout is a cautionary tale for advertisers keen to latch on to the next big thing in media | Lara O'Reilly | October 30, 2020 | Digiday“I think it’s wonderful that they’ve taken this vehicle that was the icon of anti-green, if you will, and made it the opposite,” he said.
An electric Hummer? Battery-powered trucks head to showrooms | Verne Kopytoff | October 21, 2020 | Fortune
The drive across the wonderfulness of the moor was a soothing thing.
The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson BurnettAmericans are a great people, but disagree with their wonderfulness.
The House of the Misty Star | Fannie Caldwell MacaulayI do not know enough about the wonderfulness of undiscovered things to be able to explain how this had happened to him.
The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson BurnettCan it be denied that this man is all the better citizen for his ability to appreciate the wonderfulness of a sunrise?
The Reconstructed School | Francis B. PearsonHe was looking at her with those shy, worshipping eyes of his that always made her marvel at her own wonderfulness.
All Roads Lead to Calvary | Jerome K. Jerome
British Dictionary definitions for wonderful
/ (ˈwʌndəfʊl) /
exciting a feeling of wonder; marvellous or strange
extremely fine; excellent
Derived forms of wonderful
- wonderfully, adverb
- wonderfulness, noun
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