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 …

—naturalsciences.org

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

One exception is Tea with Sickert, which shows us the artist Walter Sickert and a female guest in a wonderfully big hat. —Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 27 Mar. 2025

All of them are more than game to poke fun at themselves and their images — Zoë Kravitz is, in fact, wonderfully zany — but what else would anyone expect? —Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025

Inter Milan captain Lautaro Martínez was also missing through injury but the likes of Julián Alvarez and Alexis Mac Allister have proved stand-out performers in a team that has been wonderfully constructed by Lionel Scaloni to be even greater than the sum of its parts. —Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025

But for me, that’s a really wonderfully challenging creative process. —Megan Poinski, Forbes, 24 Mar. 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