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

These shorts come in a ton of colors and have a wonderfully inclusive size range. —Lauren Bonney, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2024

It was first conceived in 1957 by Pennsylvania's C. Walton Musser, a wonderfully creative inventor with patents on everything from power steering systems, recoilless rifles and pneumatic life jacket inflators, through to many key ideas underpinning jet aircraft ejection seats. —New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024

This alchemical yet wonderfully aromatic creation offers a sensory interpretation of what exploring the essence of our planet might feel like. —Michael Stefanov, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2024

The actor, who starred as the wonderfully absurd doctor and investor Lu Saperstein on the beloved NBC sitcom, donned a flat cap and a pair of glasses as a disguise while sitting in the audience during Slate’s interview. —EW.com, 25 Oct. 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