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

Max Christie and Gabe Vincent, two other players tasked with helping the Lakers with the little things, defended Stephen Curry wonderfully, limiting the Warriors star to 13 points on four-for-17 shooting, Curry missing all eight of his second-half attempts. —Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025

Warmly congratulating Madison at the net and giving a wonderfully self deprecating runner up speech (the hardest speech to give, must feel like torture). —Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025

But what makes this picture so wonderfully unsettling is that its dark bits and pieces (literal ones, in some cases) feel curiously familiar. —Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025

The frames have a wonderfully wide field of view, with excellent peripheral vision. —Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 24 Jan. 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