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wondrous

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won·drous  (wndrs)
adj.
Remarkable or extraordinary; wonderful.
adv. Archaic
To a wonderful or remarkable extent.
wondrous·ly adv.
wondrous·ness n.
wondrous
Adjective
Old-fashioned or literary causing surprise or awe; marvellous
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Adj.1.wondrouswondrous - extraordinarily good or great ; 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"
howling, marvellous, marvelous, rattling, wonderful, fantastic, terrific, tremendous, grand
extraordinary - beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature"
Adv.1.wondrouswondrous - (used as an intensifier) extremely well; "her voice is superbly disciplined"; "the colors changed wondrously slowly"
marvellously, marvelously, superbly, terrifically, toppingly, wonderfully, wondrously
intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"


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There was a King of Liang* -- a king of wondrous might -- Who kept an open palace, where music charmed the night --
A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context
Night's heart is full of pity for us: she cannot ease our aching; she takes our hand in hers, and the little world grows very small and very far away beneath us, and, borne on her dark wings, we pass for a moment into a mightier Presence than her own, and in the wondrous light of that great Presence, all human life lies like a book before us, and we know that Pain and Sorrow are but the angels of God.
Three Men In A Boat (To Say Nothing Of The Dog) by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
Did he not have enough to think about to keep the gardens so that his royal master and mistress might find pleasure in the shaded walks, the well-kept sward, and the gorgeous beds of foliage plants and blooming flowers which he set with such wondrous precision in the formal garden?
The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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