: that is to be marveled at : extraordinary
a wondrous feat
wondrous
adverb
archaic
wondrously
adverb
wondrousness
noun
Examples of wondrous in a Sentence
The museum featured a display of wondrous tapestries.
what a wondrous discovery fire must have been
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Coming from Illinois, things start out slow, but the scenery kicks into high gear once the train crosses through Raton Pass from Colorado into New Mexico, where you’ll likely be treated to a wondrous desert sunset that turns the skies sherbet orange.
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Well, leave it to Disney to provide the golden ticket to a wondrous habitat few human observers have been able to access.
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The magic does indeed happen—the wondrous deceptions, the seeming distortions of reality, the sense of strangeness.
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But the whole book is a wondrous exploration of the extremities of existence.
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Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 24 Apr. 2025
Well, leave it to Disney to provide the golden ticket to a wondrous habitat few human observers have been able to access.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 22 Apr. 2025
The magic does indeed happen—the wondrous deceptions, the seeming distortions of reality, the sense of strangeness.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
But the whole book is a wondrous exploration of the extremities of existence.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wondrous
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“Wondrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wondrous. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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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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