wondrous
Americanadjective
adverb
adjective
adverb
Other Word Forms
- wondrously adverb
- wondrousness noun
Etymology
Origin of wondrous
1490–1500; metathetic variant of Middle English wonders (genitive of wonder ) wonderful; cognate with German Wunders; spelling conformed to -ous
Example Sentences
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The results are wondrous and unsettling: People without a lick of coding experience are building things that once required trained software developers.
She chose a straightforward chronological hang that presents many wondrous works and several revelations.
Sometimes the cash-flow benefits of paying late are so wondrous, at least on paper, that investors might be getting a distorted picture of a company’s financial strength and liquidity.
It’s never been more challenging and expensive to live in California, a place of great bounty that often exacts in dollars and stress what it offers in opportunity and wondrous beauty.
From Los Angeles Times
When I got that Elmer plate, the idea that my son could ever actually be advanced enough to understand the words in one of the Elmer board books felt like a wondrous dream.
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