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wonderfully

adverb

Definition of wonderfullynext
as in marvelously

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Recent Examples of wonderfully 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 Celeste should be another feather in the cap for Arjona, a wonderfully versatile actor who’s been steadily on the rise for the past few years. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026 And that all starts with Hawks themselves, a wonderfully charismatic hero who’s nearly impossible to dislike. — Hayes Madsen, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wonderfully
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wonderfully
  1. marvelously
  2. superbly
  3. excellently
  4. delightfully
  5. sensationally
  6. gloriously
  7. deliciously
  8. splendidly
Adverb
  • Decades, even centuries, may be encompassed by these marvelously comprehensive surveys.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The program opened marvelously with Los Panchos, a Mexican trio originally formed in New York in 1944.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of marvelously
Adverb
  • Everton’s window was less celebrated, but one of their new faces — Ainsley Maitland-Niles — scored superbly against Manchester United last weekend to maintain his side’s unbeaten start.
    — Duncan Alexander, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Still, there are strains of deeper sadness and discomfort here, largely in the passive-aggressive tension between Kim’s character and her onscreen mother (superbly played by a new recuit, veteran TV star Choi Myeonggil).
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of superbly
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  • So grab a pair of these excellently affordable buds for yourself!
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Of course, a photonic circuit that performs excellently in equations can become considerably less cooperative once somebody attempts to manufacture it.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of excellently
Adverb
  • Emma Corrin wore a delightfully bizarre Miu Miu ensemble in 2021.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026
  • With Jim Gaffigan set to play President Grover Cleveland in season four, the show should get only more delightfully strange from here.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of delightfully
Adverb
  • On 13 May 2026, by which time his book had gone to press, the South Carolina supreme court sensationally overturned the murder conviction, citing ‘shocking jury interference’ by the clerk to the court.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
  • Every congressional candidate endorsed by Zohran Mamdani won—including, most sensationally, Darializa Avila Chevalier, who ousted the ten-year incumbent, Adriano Espaillat.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 June 2026
Definition of sensationally
Adverb
  • Norman, who also leads a host of gloriously entertaining tours around London and beyond, built this show around the same idea — that even the driest elements of history become much more fun when everyone is invited to join in.
    — Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The Ashkenazi Jewish casserole, also known as lokshen kugel, can be sweet or savory, dense or airy, topped or gloriously crispy on its own.
    — Sarah Jampel, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of gloriously
Adverb
  • The depravity of the aristocrats in the periphery comes off as deliciously cartoonish, likely because that’s how Fyodor perceives them.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • This time round, Horvat is on to something even more deliciously odd with a study that mashes together grief, matrimonial disharmony, the alien nature of mathematical minds, and desire’s wild pursuit of obscure objects.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of deliciously
Adverb
  • One in particular has worked out splendidly for the past 15 years.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Torres’ prose is at times lyrical, at times sparse, and splendidly poetic.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of splendidly

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“Wonderfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wonderfully. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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