wonderingly
Americanadverb
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in a way that expresses wonder or awe.
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in a way that expresses curiosity or puzzlement; questioningly.
Example Sentences
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The donkey also wonderingly observes horses gamboling in a field, glimpsed through the narrow window of a transport van, and tropical fish in a tank in a store window.
From Washington Post
Its characters gaze wonderingly at the sky, but it covers overly familiar ground.
From Seattle Times
I meditated wonderingly on this incident; but gradually quitting it, as I found it for the present inexplicable, I turned to the consideration of my master’s manner to myself.
From Literature
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“All this food is made of food,” says Waffles, wonderingly, as they enter Mrs. Obama’s supermarket.
From Los Angeles Times
And I wished I could have seen McDormand’s face as big as a house, looking wonderingly outward, finding possibility.
From Seattle Times
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