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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“Hurry, Handsome! I have something wonderful to show you! If you were excited about exploring before, you will be even more excited once you climb up here!”
From Literature
When I finally did fall asleep, I had a wonderful dream about owning a beautiful paint pony and a brand-new .22.
From Literature
Really, my mother had another name for me, a wonderful name, but no one ever heard it.
From Literature
Brook answered all the critics in wonderful fashion on Tuesday night, demonstrating an intelligent cricketing brain to go with his unquestioned batting talent.
From Barron's
"We missed out on the championship, but it's a wonderful thing to have helped save a life. This was more important than the championship."
From Barron's
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