WONDROUSLY

wonderfully, wondrous, wondrously, superbly, toppingly, marvellously, terrifically, marvelously

(adverb) (used as an intensifier) extremely well; “her voice is superbly disciplined”; “the colors changed wondrously slowly”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

wondrously (comparative more wondrously, superlative most wondrously)

In a wondrous way.

Source: Wiktionary


WONDROUS

Won"drous, adv. Etym: [OE. wonders, adv. (later also adj.). See Wonder, n., and cf. -wards.]

Definition: In a wonderful or surprising manner or degree; wonderfully. For sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race, Are, as when women, wondrous fond of place. Pope. And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold. Coleridge.

Won"drous, a.

Definition: Wonderful; astonishing; admirable; marvelous; such as excite surprise and astonishment; strange. That I may . . . tell of all thy wondrous works. Ps. xxvi. 7.

– Won"drous*ly, adv.

– Won"drous*ness, n. Chloe complains, and wondrously's aggrieved. Granville.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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