: 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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Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
To explain its wondrous potency, scientists noted that when tryptophan made its way into the brain, it could be converted into the neurotransmitter serotonin.
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In that ostensibly pitch-black space, Widder has discovered wondrous sources of light – emitted from sea creatures in a phenomenon known as bioluminescence.
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Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
To explain its wondrous potency, scientists noted that when tryptophan made its way into the brain, it could be converted into the neurotransmitter serotonin.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2025
In that ostensibly pitch-black space, Widder has discovered wondrous sources of light – emitted from sea creatures in a phenomenon known as bioluminescence.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025
Where is such a wondrous thing possible?
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wondrous
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“Wondrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wondrous. Accessed 4 Jan. 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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