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 …

—North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

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

Most notably, there’s the Eden Roc Sea Bass and the wonderfully old-school Steak Diane, which also appears on the menu at Eden-Roc Restaurant in France. — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026

The wonderfully bright and spacious 420 rooms and 50 suites (along with the rest of the hotel) were recently revamped by top Catalan interior designer Lázaro Rosa-Violán. — Eddi Fiegel, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2026

With Ernst Reijseger’s wonderfully varied score keeping pace, through folk fiddle and classical cello and stretches of wondering, wandering piano, there just have to be touches of fairytale and a dose of Looney Tunes. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026

But You Caint Use My Phone, which brimmed with affirmative heaters that wonderfully interrogated screen-staring. — Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026

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