dictionary definitions for "wondrous"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           For sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race,
           Are, as when women, wondrous fond of place. --Pope.
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           And now there came both mist and snow,
           And it grew wondrous cold.               --Coleridge.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wondrous \Won"drous\, a.
     Wonderful; astonishing; admirable; marvelous; such as excite
     surprise and astonishment; strange.
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           That I may . . . tell of all thy wondrous works. --Ps.
                                                    xxvi. 7.
     [1913 Webster] -- Won"drous*ly, adv. -- Won"drous*ness,
     n.
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           Chloe complains, and wondrously's aggrieved.
                                                    --Granville.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  wondrous
      adv 1: (used as an intensifier) extremely well; "her voice is
             superbly disciplined"; "the colors changed wondrously
             slowly" [syn: wonderfully, wondrous, wondrously,
             superbly, toppingly, marvellously, terrifically,
             marvelously]
      adj 1: 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" [syn:
             fantastic, grand, {howling(a)}, marvelous,
             marvellous, {rattling(a)}, terrific, tremendous,
             wonderful, wondrous]


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