Word
wondrous
Phoneticswon·drous
US/ˈwəndɹəs/
UK/wˈʌndɹəs/
Definitions
01inspiring awe
adj. extremely beautiful or impressive in a way that makes you feel amazed.
adj. inspiring a sense of wonder or awe; characterized by qualities that evoke admiration or amazement.
“The night sky was filled with a wondrous display of stars.”
“The explorer described a wondrous landscape of crystal caves and underground rivers that seemed to defy the laws of nature.”
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02remarkably
adv. to a very great or surprising degree.
adv. to a remarkable or wonderful degree; used as an intensifier.
“The garden was wondrous cold that morning, with frost covering every leaf.”
“The old chronicles describe a winter that was wondrous strange, with birds falling frozen from the sky in mid-flight.”
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Usage
In modern English, this adverbial use is almost entirely replaced by 'wondrously'.
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Real-World Examples
“Sánchez is capable of wondrous saves, can command his area and is liked in the dressing room, but he is shaky with his feet and prone to calamitous games.” “I am a bit embarrassed, not by the experience, which was wondrous, but by what people might say or how they might judge me.” Etymology
From Middle English wondrous, alteration after the suffix -ous of Middle English wonders (“wondrous, wonderful”, adjective), from Old English wundres (“of wonder”), genitive singular of wundor (“wonder, miracle”), from Proto-Germanic *wundrą (“wonder”). Compare Dutch wonder, German Wunder.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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