: that is to be marveled at : extraordinary
a wondrous feat
wondrous
adverb
archaic
wondrously
adverb
wondrousness
noun
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The museum featured a display of wondrous tapestries.
what a wondrous discovery fire must have been
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
And even though the creative inspiration for these sequences seems to come, at least in part, from Michel Gondry’s wondrous direction in that film, Mark’s memories aren’t being erased like Joel Barish’s; quite the opposite, as his Innie life is being added to his Outie’s.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Tony Hawk wishes Kurt Cobain could see their kids' 'wondrous' child.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
Admittedly, Cowboy Bebop appeared in the wondrous Super Robot Wars T and was masterfully handled.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Wondrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wondrous. Accessed 13 Mar. 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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