Definitions
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
Word origin
From Middle English wonderful, wondirful, from Old English wundorful (“wonderful”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundrafull, equivalent to wonder + -ful. Cognate Dutch wondervol (“wonderful”), German wundervoll (“wonderful”). Compare Old English wuldorfull (“glorious”).
Used in a sentence
“His delusion was not wonderful, but most natural.”
“It is not wonderful that Mrs Smith declined to visit the beer garden, in view of her militant temperance. [=It is no wonder that she declined.]”
“'Ha!' cried Dangerfield, with a sort of gasp, and a violent smirk, the joyousness of which was, however, counteracted by a lurid scowl and a wonderful livid glare in his wild eyes; […]”
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Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues
01“Delightfully excellent”9 letters
02“Delightfully good”9 letters
03“Very good indeed”9 letters
04“Very pleasing”9 letters
05“Excellent; delightful”9 letters
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