: that is to be marveled at : extraordinary
a wondrous feat
wondrous
adverb
archaic
wondrously
adverb
wondrousness
noun
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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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Department of Data We here at the Department of Data are dedicated to exploring the weird and wondrous power of the data that defines our world.
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Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
Our minds have a weird and wondrous way of transporting us to other places and times.
—Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 2 Nov. 2023
Here’s your guide to the most iconic burgers and wondrous French fries in the city.
—Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
This is a very light supernatural, with a sense of the world being wide and wondrous rather than a concrete magical system like Marske’s.
—Olivia Waite, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2023
Even the most casual student of the Silk Road, that fearsome, wondrous network of routes that people began plying in the second century B.C. (and did so for approximately the next 1,600 years) knows that the two — business and God, whoever or whatever your god was — often intermingled.
—Hanya Yanagihara, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
Instead we’re carried along by the wondrous unfolding of the play’s physical world.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2023
Their contribution to the world is too immense, and their wondrous gift of music has become part of our DNA and now defies description.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2023
Like Noah, Robert built something big and wondrous out of an improbable calling.
—Liza Lentini, SPIN, 26 Oct. 2023
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Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
Our minds have a weird and wondrous way of transporting us to other places and times.
—Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 2 Nov. 2023
Here’s your guide to the most iconic burgers and wondrous French fries in the city.
—Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
This is a very light supernatural, with a sense of the world being wide and wondrous rather than a concrete magical system like Marske’s.
—Olivia Waite, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2023
Even the most casual student of the Silk Road, that fearsome, wondrous network of routes that people began plying in the second century B.C. (and did so for approximately the next 1,600 years) knows that the two — business and God, whoever or whatever your god was — often intermingled.
—Hanya Yanagihara, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
Instead we’re carried along by the wondrous unfolding of the play’s physical world.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2023
Their contribution to the world is too immense, and their wondrous gift of music has become part of our DNA and now defies description.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2023
Like Noah, Robert built something big and wondrous out of an improbable calling.
—Liza Lentini, SPIN, 26 Oct. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, alteration of wonders, from genitive of wonder entry 1
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of wondrous was
in the 15th century
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“Wondrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wondrous. Accessed 9 Dec. 2023.
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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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