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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.

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Origin of wonderful

before 1100; Middle English; Old English wundorful (see wonder, -ful); cognate with German wundervoll

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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Words related to wonderful

fantastic, remarkable, outstanding, awesome, magnificent, enjoyable, marvelous, fabulous, fine, incredible, tremendous, phenomenal, superb, terrific, amazing, wondrous, pleasing, admirable, pleasant, excellent

Example sentences from the Web for wonderful

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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