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wondrous


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wondrous  \Won"drous\,  adv  [OE.  wonders,  adv  (later  also  adj.). 
  See  {Wonder},  n.,  and  cf  {-wards}.] 
  In  a  wonderful  or  surprising  manner  or  degree;  wonderfully. 
 
  For  sylphs,  yet  mindful  of  their  ancient  race,  Are  as 
  when  women,  wondrous  fond  of  place  --Pope. 
 
  And  now  there  came  both  mist  and  snow,  And  it  grew 
  wondrous  cold.  --Coleridge. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wondrous  \Won"drous\,  a. 
  Wonderful;  astonishing;  admirable;  marvelous;  such  as  excite 
  surprise  and  astonishment;  strange. 
 
  That  I  may  .  .  .  tell  of  all  thy  wondrous  works  --Ps. 
  xxvi.  7. 
  --  {Won"drous*ly},  adv  --  {Won"drous*ness},  n. 
 
  Chloe  complains,  and  wondrously's  aggrieved. 
  --Granville. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wondrous 
  adj  :  extraordinarily  good;  used  especially  as  intensifiers;  "a 
  fantastic  trip  to  the  Orient";  "the  film  was 
  fantastic!";  "a  howling  success";  "a  marvelous 
  collection  of  rare  books";  "had  a  rattling  conversation 
  about  politics";  "a  tremendous  achievement"  [syn:  {fantastic}, 
  {howling(a)},  {marvelous},  {rattling(a)},  {terrific}, 
  {tremendous},  {wonderful}] 
  adv  :  (used  as  an  intensifier)  extremely  well  "her  voice  is 
  superbly  disciplined";  "the  colors  changed  wondrously 
  slowly"  [syn:  {wonderfully},  {wondrously},  {superbly}, 
  {toppingly},  {marvellously},  {terrifically},  {marvelously}] 




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