wonderfully

adverb

won·​der·​ful·​ly ˈwən-dər-f(ə-)lē 

1

: in a way or to an extent that excites wonder, astonishment, or amazement : amazingly, remarkably

Uncover the characteristic that links humans to more than 5,400 wonderfully weird living species …

—naturalsciences.org

2

: in a way or to an extent that is extremely or unusually good or pleasing

The trip went wonderfully well.

We had a wonderfully good time.

Everything here was prepared wonderfully: The fish tender and not dried or mushy, the squash cooked just right, with firmness and crunch.

—Marc Bona

Feeling wonderfully safe, he closed his eyes, and for the first time since he'd come to Helton, he fell into a deep and dreamless sleep.

—Eva Ibbotson

Examples of wonderfully in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Everything is packaged in a sturdy, padded box, which makes the whole set wonderfully giftable. —Andrew Watman, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2024

Not only are the cake layers wonderfully tender, the rich and fudgy frosting is scrape-the-plate good. —Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Dec. 2024

Quip Sonic Toothbrush $38 $30 Amazon The wonderfully affordable, easy-on-the-eyes Quip Sonic Toothbrush just got even more irresistible—not to be dramatic. —Annie Blackman, Allure, 2 Dec. 2024

The narrator of this wonderfully off-kilter novel, an elderly man, recalls his doting grandmother and his boyhood infatuation with a girl who danced on the balcony opposite his family’s apartment, in Naples. —The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English wonderfulliche, wunderfullie, from wonderful, wunderful wonderful + -liche, -lie -ly entry 2

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1