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wonderfully

[ wuhn-der-fuh-lee, -der-flee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

in a way or to a degree that is excellent, great, truly satisfying, etc.:
There's nothing cheap about doing your own carpentry anymore, but this project turned out wonderfully.
in a way or to a degree that arouses wonder or amazement; astonishingly:
For a first novel by such a young author, it shows wonderfully vivid powers of description and characterization.

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of wonderfully¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; wonderful ( def ) + -ly ( def )

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It’s a wonderfully balanced interplay of acid and comfort.

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Dillon showed his flair for comedy in the hit “There’s Something About Mary” and delivered a delicious turn in the wonderfully lurid erotic thriller, “Wild Things.”

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As is the risk, however, that you’ll miss that homer or, in this case, that exquisitely framed shot or wonderfully exasperated glance.

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You may need a microscope to see it in this maladroit production, but you hear it wonderfully.

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He and Davidson have a wonderfully shaggy dynamic, muttering jokes under their breath.

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