wonderfully

adverb

won·​der·​ful·​ly ˈwən-dər-f(ə-)lē 

1

: in a way or to an extent that excites wonder, astonishment, or amazement : amazingly, remarkably

Uncover the characteristic that links humans to more than 5,400 wonderfully weird living species …

—naturalsciences.org

2

: in a way or to an extent that is extremely or unusually good or pleasing

The trip went wonderfully well.

We had a wonderfully good time.

Everything here was prepared wonderfully: The fish tender and not dried or mushy, the squash cooked just right, with firmness and crunch.

—Marc Bona

Feeling wonderfully safe, he closed his eyes, and for the first time since he'd come to Helton, he fell into a deep and dreamless sleep.

—Eva Ibbotson

Examples of wonderfully in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

We were guided through a menu of fresh-off-the-boat seafood, including their wonderfully delicate risotto de gò, a signature dish. —Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2024

And, in the several instances in which he was featured, former San Diego blues guitar favorite Thompson delivered wonderfully fluid solos that further elevated the music at hand. —George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024

Thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown season began as wonderfully as imaginable Saturday at Churchill Downs in the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby, with 18-1 longshot Mystik Dan winning a three-way photo finish. —Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 May 2024

Ryan Gosling is a wonderfully expressive goofball in The Fall Guy. —Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 3 May 2024

For obscure reasons, the company’s sensible head of H.R., Roz (a wonderfully droll Tamika Lawrence), has tagged along. —Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024

It’s all arrayed in the quirky service of a story that’s as interested in the act of archiving as in the meaning of the archive: To collect, to hold, to interpret, Conley’s wonderfully curious robots seem to be saying, is inevitably to merge the subject into the self. —Trey Graham, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024

Frozen artichoke hearts, tossed with oil and salt and roasted at 400°F for about 35 minutes, also work wonderfully. —Katie Reicher, Saveur, 17 Apr. 2024

Of course, since her wonderfully candid announcement of her retirement from tennis in Vogue’s September 2022 issue, Serena has shifted her focus from Olympic golds to Olympia, her six-year-old, and Adira, who’s not yet one. —Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English wonderfulliche, wunderfullie, from wonderful, wunderful wonderful + -liche, -lie -ly entry 2

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1