wonderfully

English

Etymology

From Middle English wonderfully, wunderfullie, wonderfulliche, equivalent to wonderful +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wʌn.də(ɹ).fli/
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Adverb

wonderfully (comparative more wonderfully, superlative most wonderfully)

  1. In a wonderful manner.
    1. In an excellent manner.
      He entertained us wonderfully.
      • 1992, Casella and George, Explaining the Gibbs Sampler, in: The American Statistician 46(3) 167–174
        By freeing statisticians from dealing with complicated calculations, the statistical aspects of a problem can become the main focus. This point is wonderfully illustrated by Smith and Gelfand (1992).
    2. To an extent inspiring wonder.
      Synonym: wondrously
      On a clear night, the Montana sky is wonderfully vast and full of stars.
      It was wonderfully stormy and dark on the night when the ship went down.

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • wunderfullie, wonderfulliche

Etymology

wonderful +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwundərfuliː/

Adverb

wonderfully

  1. miraculously; extraordinarily; unnaturally

Descendants

  • English: wonderfully
  • Yola: wonderfullee

References

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