wondrous
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
wondrous
adv 1: (used as an intensifier) extremely well; "her voice is
superbly disciplined"; "the colors changed wondrously
slowly" [syn: {wonderfully}, {wondrous}, {wondrously},
{superbly}, {toppingly}, {marvellously}, {terrifically},
{marvelously}]
adj 1: extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as
intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film
was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous
collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation
about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" [syn:
{fantastic}, {grand}, {howling(a)}, {marvelous},
{marvellous}, {rattling(a)}, {terrific}, {tremendous},
{wonderful}, {wondrous}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Wondrous \Won"drous\, adv. [OE. wonders, adv. (later also adj.).
See {Wonder}, n., and cf. {-wards}.]
In a wonderful or surprising manner or degree; wonderfully.
[1913 Webster]
For sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race,
Are, as when women, wondrous fond of place. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
And now there came both mist and snow,
And it grew wondrous cold. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "wondrous":
amazing, astonishing, astounding, beguiling, bewildering,
bewitched, enchanted, enigmatic, exceptional, extraordinary,
fabulous, fantastic, fascinating, incomprehensible, inconceivable,
incredible, magical, marvelous, miraculous, necromantic,
outlandish, passing strange, phenomenal, prodigious, puzzling,
rare, remarkable, sensational, spectacular, strange, striking,
stupendous, surprising, thaumaturgic, unheard-of, unimaginable,
unique, unprecedented, wonder-working, wonderful
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