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

Bergen’s central area is wonderfully walkable from the piers. —David Nikel, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025

The show’s liveliness, and there’s a lot of it, comes from a cast of five actors who all have different voices, fashion senses, outlooks and energies yet wonderfully complement each other. —Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025

Despite opening just a few years ago, 63 Clinton feels—wonderfully, soothingly—like a throwback to the auteurish, rock-star-chef heyday of the early twenty-tens. —Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 15 June 2025

That’s one of the beautiful things about a character that is so wonderfully written. —Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025

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