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wonderful

American  
[wuhn-der-fuhl] / ˈwʌn dər fəl /

adjective

  1. excellent; great; marvelous.

    We all had a wonderful weekend.
    Synonyms:
    phenomenal, astounding, amazing, astonishing, prodigious, miraculous, wondrous, awesome, strange, curious, unique

  2. of a sort that causes or arouses wonder; amazing; astonishing.

    The storm was wonderful to behold.
wonderful British  
/ ˈwʌndəfʊl /

adjective

  1. exciting a feeling of wonder; marvellous or strange

  2. extremely fine; excellent

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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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I mean, wouldn’t it be wonderful if a lot of the great films Netflix does were shown in theaters first?

From Los Angeles Times

“Or, were you trying to talk me into thinking I was going to like the house? I won’t. My parents say it’s ‘wonderful.’”

From Literature

If Alex Rover could survive all those wonderful adventures, so could Jack.

From Literature

I was married for nearly 10 years to a wonderful man.

From MarketWatch

"I find it completely bonkers to be jumping on this wonderful and wild journey," he said.

From BBC

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