wonderfully

W4O1N1D2E1R1F4U1L1L1Y4
/wʌn.də(ɹ).fli/

adverb

In an excellent manner.

“He entertained us wonderfully.”

Less commonScrabble 21

Meanings

adverbwonderfully (comparative more wonderfully, superlative most wonderfully)

comparative more wonderfully · superlative most wonderfully

  1. In a wonderful manner.
    1. In an excellent manner.

      He entertained us wonderfully.

      3 more examples

      We're so wonderfully, wonderfully / Wonderfully, wonderfully pretty

      1983, Robert Smith, “The Lovecats”, performed by The Cure

      By freeing statisticians from dealing with complicated calculations, the statistical aspects of a problem can become the main focus. This point is wonderfully illustrated by Smith and Gelfand (1992).

      1992, Casella and George, Explaining the Gibbs Sampler, in: The American Statistician 46(3) 167–174

      “Tacoma has a wonderfully local and real vibe versus some anonymity that can occur in bigger cities,” she says.

      2024 June 23, Corinne Whiting, quoting Kathy Conn, “The dazzling sides of ‘Grit City’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2024
    2. To an extent inspiring wonder.

      On a clear night, the Montana sky is wonderfully vast and full of stars.

      2 more examples

      It was wonderfully stormy and dark on the night when the ship went down.

      Although this run was made on Whitsun-Tuesday, and the traffic into London was heavy from all directions, we got a wonderfully clear road and apart from one slight check at Herne Hill were entirely undelayed.

      1959 October 28, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 705

      Synonyms: wondrously

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbTo an extent inspiring wonder.

Similar

More synonyms by meaning

adverb(used as an intensifier) excellently

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishwonderfully
  2. Englishwonderfully

From Middle English wonderfully, wunderfullie, wonderfulliche, equivalent to wonderful + -ly.

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Translations

Ancient Greek θαυμασίως, θαυμασίως
  • θαυμασίως (thaumasíōs)to an extent inspiring wonder
  • θαυμασίως (thaumasíōs)in a wonderful manner
Catalan meravellosament
  • meravellosamentin a wonderful manner
Chinese Mandarin 极好地, 精彩地
  • 极好地to an extent inspiring wonder
  • 精彩地in a wonderful manner
Dutch wonderlijk, wonderlijk
  • wonderlijkto an extent inspiring wonder
  • wonderlijkin a wonderful manner
  • fantastischin a wonderful manner
Esperanto mirinde
  • mirindein a wonderful manner
Finnish ihmeellisen, loistavasti
  • ihmeellisento an extent inspiring wonder
  • loistavastiin a wonderful manner
French merveilleusement, merveilleusement
  • merveilleusementto an extent inspiring wonder
  • merveilleusementin a wonderful manner
German wunderbar
  • wunderbarto an extent inspiring wonder
Hungarian csodálatosan, csodásan
  • csodálatosanin a wonderful manner
  • csodásanin a wonderful manner
Italian meravigliosamente, meravigliosamente
  • meravigliosamenteto an extent inspiring wonder
  • meravigliosamentein a wonderful manner
Latin mirābiliter, mirābiliter
  • mirābiliterto an extent inspiring wonder
  • mirābiliterin a wonderful manner
Polish zadziwiająco, zdumiewająco
  • zadziwiającoto an extent inspiring wonder
  • zdumiewającoto an extent inspiring wonder
  • cudowniein a wonderful manner
  • zdumiewającoin a wonderful manner
  • zadziwiającoin a wonderful manner
Portuguese maravilhosamente, maravilhosamente
  • maravilhosamenteto an extent inspiring wonder
  • maravilhosamentein a wonderful manner
Russian удиви́тельно, замеча́тельно
  • удиви́тельно (udivítelʹno)to an extent inspiring wonder
  • замеча́тельно (zamečátelʹno)in a wonderful manner
Swedish underbart, ljuvligt
  • underbartin a wonderful manner
  • ljuvligtin a wonderful manner
Vietnamese đáng ngạc nhiên
  • đáng ngạc nhiênto an extent inspiring wonder
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APA

wonderfully. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wonderfully

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“wonderfully.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wonderfully. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wonderfully,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wonderfully.

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