wonderful

[ wuhn-der-fuhl ]
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adjective
  1. excellent; great; marvelous: We all had a wonderful weekend.

  2. of a sort that causes or arouses wonder; amazing; astonishing: The storm was wonderful to behold.

Origin of wonderful

1
First recorded before 1100; wonder + -ful

Other 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

  • The drive across the wonderfulness of the moor was a soothing thing.

    The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • Americans are a great people, but disagree with their wonderfulness.

    The House of the Misty Star | Fannie Caldwell Macaulay
  • I 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 Burnett
  • Can 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. Pearson
  • He 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

wonderful

/ (ˈwʌndəfʊl) /


adjective
  1. exciting a feeling of wonder; marvellous or strange

  2. extremely fine; excellent

Derived forms of wonderful

  • wonderfully, adverb
  • wonderfulness, noun

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