wonderful

[ wuhn-der-fuhl ]

/ ˈwʌn dər fəl /

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adjective

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.

OTHER WORDS FOR wonderful

1 awesome, wondrous, miraculous, prodigious, astonishing, amazing, astounding, phenomenal, unique, curious, strange.

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Origin of wonderful

First recorded before 1100; wonder + -ful

OTHER WORDS FROM wonderful

won·der·ful·ly, adverbwon·der·ful·ness, nounun·won·der·ful, adjectiveun·won·der·ful·ly, adverb

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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|Fortune
She 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 Post
For 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 Review
Still, 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 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

exciting a feeling of wonder; marvellous or strange

extremely fine; excellent

Derived forms of wonderful

wonderfully, adverbwonderfulness, noun

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