: that is to be marveled at : extraordinary
a wondrous feat
wondrous
adverb
archaic
wondrously
adverb
wondrousness
noun
Synonyms of wondrous
Examples of wondrous in a Sentence
The museum featured a display of wondrous tapestries.
what a wondrous discovery fire must have been
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The Agnus Dei begins in glum realization that there may be no compensation for humanity’s great sins when, again astonishingly without expectation, one of Beethoven’s uniquely wondrous melodies takes over.
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Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
Her brain is just so weird and magnificent and wondrous.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
Wintertime offers wondrous sights, from otherworldly glacial palaces to rolling hills of shimmering snow.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2026
Earth's moon is 400 times smaller than the sun, which happens to be, on average, 400 times farther from our planet than its natural satellite — a wondrous cosmic coincidence that causes both celestial objects to appear the same size in our sky.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 10 Feb. 2026
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Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
Her brain is just so weird and magnificent and wondrous.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
Wintertime offers wondrous sights, from otherworldly glacial palaces to rolling hills of shimmering snow.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2026
Earth's moon is 400 times smaller than the sun, which happens to be, on average, 400 times farther from our planet than its natural satellite — a wondrous cosmic coincidence that causes both celestial objects to appear the same size in our sky.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Wondrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wondrous. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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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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