Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a strange or wonderful manner or degree.
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- adverb In a
wondrous manner.
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- adverb (used as an intensifier) extremely well
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Examples
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Nor was he contented with an indication of a mere look of wisdom: he actually burst out into a laugh -- an expression wondrously unsuited to the gravity of the subject.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIII Alexander Leighton 1837
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No, I think wonder is an adverb here 'wondrously'.
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Up to a point, a few actually do, but most are just kind of wondrously useless.
I'm A Stranger Here Myself Bryson, Bill 1999
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What is being done at the Young at Art Festival is a wondrously effective effort by many public school teachers and hundreds of students to make sure that the arts remain a vital part of San Francisco's educational excellence.
Terence Clarke: Young At Art in San Francisco Terence Clarke 2011
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What is being done at the Young at Art Festival is a wondrously effective effort by many public school teachers and hundreds of students to make sure that the arts remain a vital part of San Francisco's educational excellence.
Terence Clarke: Young At Art in San Francisco Terence Clarke 2011
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But it is also a heartbreaking portrait of marriage and the mysteries that endure even in lives lived side by side; a wondrously evocative historical panorama; and, above all, a masterly, unforgettable novel from one of our finest storytellers.
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What is being done at the Young at Art Festival is a wondrously effective effort by many public school teachers and hundreds of students to make sure that the arts remain a vital part of San Francisco's educational excellence.
Terence Clarke: Young At Art in San Francisco Terence Clarke 2011
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What is being done at the Young at Art Festival is a wondrously effective effort by many public school teachers and hundreds of students to make sure that the arts remain a vital part of San Francisco's educational excellence.
Terence Clarke: Young At Art in San Francisco Terence Clarke 2011
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What is being done at the Young at Art Festival is a wondrously effective effort by many public school teachers and hundreds of students to make sure that the arts remain a vital part of San Francisco's educational excellence.
Terence Clarke: Young At Art in San Francisco Terence Clarke 2011
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What is being done at the Young at Art Festival is a wondrously effective effort by many public school teachers and hundreds of students to make sure that the arts remain a vital part of San Francisco's educational excellence.
Terence Clarke: Young At Art in San Francisco Terence Clarke 2011
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