Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of wonder
nounwondering (plural wonderings)
plural wonderings
- The mental activity by which one wonders; a query, puzzlement, etc.
adjectivewondering (comparative more wondering, superlative most wondering)
comparative more wondering · superlative most wondering
- Full of questioning and consideration.
Mary obeyed in wondering silence, which was increased when the French soubriette obviously taxed her abilities to the utmost; she had received full instructions from her mistress.
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 89
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveshowing curiosity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Esperanto pripensema
- pripensemafull of questioning and consideration
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Chicago
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