: that is to be marveled at : extraordinary
a wondrous feat
wondrous
adverb
archaic
wondrously
adverb
wondrousness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of wondrous in a Sentence
The museum featured a display of wondrous tapestries.
what a wondrous discovery fire must have been
Recent Examples on the Web
Come back to your senses while taking in the wondrous views.
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Jasmine Grant, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2024
In just two days, for just the second time in seven years, day will suddenly become night for a few brief, wondrous minutes as the orbiting moon blocks the sun's light along a southwest-to-northeast path across the continent.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
You could be filled with awe at how beautiful and wondrous the universe truly is.
—Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
Department of Data We here at the Department of Data are dedicated to exploring the weird and wondrous power of the data that defines our world.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Really, though, the most important thing to know about Flora is that she is played by Isabella Rossellini, who, with a wondrous mix of warmth and imperiousness, confers on this movie an almost subliminal blessing.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
Rap’s wondrous ambiguity allows two hip-hop heads to be equally obsessed with the art form and have completely different musical perspectives.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024
The results are wondrous: a delightfully discordant fever dream that covers high fashion nappies, boots inspired by André Courrèges, and a puff-sleeve wedding dress suggesting both restriction and a strange kind of freedom.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2024
The eggs in the nest represent a wondrous sign of hope – an underlying theme of McNeal’s novel, along with patience, constancy, and deep trust.
—Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Mar. 2024
Jasmine Grant, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2024
In just two days, for just the second time in seven years, day will suddenly become night for a few brief, wondrous minutes as the orbiting moon blocks the sun's light along a southwest-to-northeast path across the continent.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
You could be filled with awe at how beautiful and wondrous the universe truly is.
—Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
Department of Data We here at the Department of Data are dedicated to exploring the weird and wondrous power of the data that defines our world.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Really, though, the most important thing to know about Flora is that she is played by Isabella Rossellini, who, with a wondrous mix of warmth and imperiousness, confers on this movie an almost subliminal blessing.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
Rap’s wondrous ambiguity allows two hip-hop heads to be equally obsessed with the art form and have completely different musical perspectives.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024
The results are wondrous: a delightfully discordant fever dream that covers high fashion nappies, boots inspired by André Courrèges, and a puff-sleeve wedding dress suggesting both restriction and a strange kind of freedom.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2024
The eggs in the nest represent a wondrous sign of hope – an underlying theme of McNeal’s novel, along with patience, constancy, and deep trust.
—Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Mar. 2024
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“Wondrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wondrous. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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wondrous
adjective
won·drous
ˈwən-drəs 
: such as to be marveled at extraordinary
a wondrous place
wondrous
adverb
archaic
wondrously
adverb
wondrousness
noun
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