wondrous

[wuhn-druh s]

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adjective

wonderful; remarkable.

adverb

Archaic. wonderfully; remarkably.

Origin of wondrous

1490–1500; metathetic variant of Middle English wonders (genitive of wonder) wonderful; cognate with German Wunders; spelling conformed to -ous

Related formswon·drous·ly, adverbwon·drous·ness, noun

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Related Words for wondrously

unusually, magically, wondrously

Examples from the Web for wondrously

Contemporary Examples of wondrously

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May 30, 2010

Historical Examples of wondrously

The scene of that service must have been wondrously beautiful and impressive.
The Little Manx Nation - 1891
Hall Caine
Only one street from here my ogre materialized again, or some one wondrously like him.
The Bondwoman
Marah Ellis Ryan
He had eyes only for the girl; who was so wondrously, so completely, like his wife.
In Kings' Byways
Stanley J. Weyman
It was wondrously fine, finer than anything Andy had done until then.
The Best Short Stories of 1915
Various
As they show against the sky, they are wondrously elegant and graceful.
The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5
Theophile Gautier

British Dictionary definitions for wondrously

wondrous

adjective

exciting wonder; marvellous

adverb

(intensifier)it is wondrous cold

Derived Formswondrously, adverbwondrousness, noun

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Word Origin and History for wondrously

wondrous

adj.

c.1500, from Middle English wonders (adj.), c.1300, originally genitive of wonder (n.), with suffix altered by influence of marvelous, etc.