: that is to be marveled at : extraordinary
a wondrous feat
wondrous
adverb
archaic
wondrously
adverb
wondrousness
noun
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The museum featured a display of wondrous tapestries.
what a wondrous discovery fire must have been
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Colombia are well on their way to qualifying for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
—Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2024
Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors
Livvy Dunne picked a wondrous costume for Halloween.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Guillermo Del Toro’s debut film is a radical departure from Dracula and his batty ilk, as vampirism is reimagined as a side effect of the immortality granted by a wondrous mechanism created by a 16th-century alchemist.
—James Grebey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
On a night where Lionel Messi stole the headlines with a wondrous performance for Argentina, the likes of Colombia and Brazil also picked up some fantastic results.
Colombia 4-0 Chile
Colombia are well on their way to qualifying for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
—Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Wondrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wondrous. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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wondrous
adjective
won·drous
ˈwən-drəs 
: such as to be marveled at extraordinary
a wondrous place
wondrous
adverb
archaic
wondrously
adverb
wondrousness
noun
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