wonderfully

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈwʌndərfəli/ UK /ˈwʌndəfəli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
in an extremely pleasing or remarkable way

The garden smelled wonderfully of roses in June.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · in an extremely pleasing or... marvelously splendidly superbly magnificently remarkably admirably

Opposites

terribly awfully dreadfully

Word family

Related forms wonder wonderful

Etymology

From wonderful + -ly; wonderful is from Old English wundorfull, from wundor ('marvel, wonder') + -full, of obscure Germanic origin.

wundor Old English

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# wonderfully

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈwʌndərfəli/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈwʌndəfəli/

## Meanings
1. in an extremely pleasing or remarkable way

## Examples
- The garden smelled wonderfully of roses in June.

## Synonyms
- marvelously
- splendidly
- superbly
- magnificently
- remarkably
- admirably

## Antonyms
- terribly
- awfully
- dreadfully

## Related Forms
- wonder
- wonderful

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: wundor

## Etymology
From wonderful + -ly; wonderful is from Old English wundorfull, from wundor ('marvel, wonder') + -full, of obscure Germanic origin.

## AI Etymology
Wonderfully is an adverb meaning "in an extremely pleasing or remarkable way". Historically, it is from wonderful + -ly; wonderful is from Old English wundorfull, from wundor ('marvel, wonder') + -full, of obscure Germanic origin. The visible construction is part of the etymology: wonderfully is not just an unanalyzed simple word. The modern meaning, "in an extremely pleasing or remarkable way", follows the base word through the added English ending. The historical chain is anchored in Old English wundor. Close English family members include wonder, and wonderful.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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