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

Eleven Deplar Farm is wild, warm, and wonderfully low-key. —Kristin Winkaffe, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025

The shift knob is a quartz crystal shaped into a droplet, containing liquid oil that has been trapped for millions of years – one of those wonderfully eccentric touches only a hyper-rare car like this could get away with. —New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2025

Thank you for choosing me out of that sea of wonderfully talented Asian women who auditioned for this show. —Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025

Though Jones has added plenty to his workload since then while impressing coaches, the emphasis on his role as a punt returner has worked out wonderfully. —The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 2 Dec. 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