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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Tom Nolan notes that the author “interweaves her endearing characters’ voices in wonderful ways” in her arresting debut work.
“If we didn’t have any instrumentation, we could have launched something great that showed up wonderful on video, but we wouldn’t know if it performed well.”
From Los Angeles Times
“Dogs are wonderful, but they require a lot of our time. Could it be that the puppy’s taking too much of your time?”
From Literature
“Oh, wonderful. Let me guess. Follow the green light until I supposedly end up in a place that is not here?”
From Literature
In Dan’s words, “The BlackFly itself cannot be but a toy—a glorious, wonderful toy.”
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