wondrous
In a wonderful degreeIn a wonderful degree; remarkably; wondrously.
» Everything was bathed in a wondrous blue light.
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1 sensesIn a wonderful degree; remarkably; wondrously.
bemerkenswert
удиви́тельноudivítelʹno
- (used as an intensifier) excellently
Examples
7 sentencesEverything was bathed in a wondrous blue light.
Occasionally, wondrous texts were included.
It's a story full of gnomes, elves, fairies, and other similar wondrous characters.
The holiday season is a wondrous time of year when people are reunited with their racist family members.
The large, lonely plain, covered with snow, looked even more wondrous in the moonlight than during the day.
deIm Licht des Mondes sah die große, jetzt einsame, schneebedeckte Ebene noch wundersamer aus als am Tag. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wondrous, alteration after the suffix -ous of Middle English wonders (From Middle English wondrous, alteration after the suffix -ous of Middle English wonders (“wondrous, wonderful”, adjective), from Old English wundres (“of wonder”), genitive singular of wundor (“wonder, miracle”), from Proto-Germanic *wundrą (“wonder”). Compare Dutch wonder, German Wunder.
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Forms
more wondrous, most wondrous| Comparative | more wondrous Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most wondrous |
regular
Synonyms
7 synonyms- (used as an intensifier) excellently:wonderfullywondrouslysuperblytoppinglymarvellouslyterrificallymarvelously
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form