: 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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And there is nothing that offsets this wondrous assault on the taste buds more beautifully than sushi rice, firm and fluffy, along with a whisper of sweet and heat and fishy-nutty furikake — all of it wrapped in the gloriously chewy umami of nori.
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Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2024
In elegiac prose woven with humor, imagination, sensuality, and tragedy, Henry Hoke’s Open Throat is a marvel of storytelling, a universal journey through a wondrous and menacing world told by a lovable mountain lion.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 17 June 2024
Department of Data We here at the Department of Data are dedicated to exploring the weird and wondrous power of the data that defines our world.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
The map offers up good backstory on some of the locations and will leave you with a new appreciation for this wondrous corner of the state.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
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Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2024
In elegiac prose woven with humor, imagination, sensuality, and tragedy, Henry Hoke’s Open Throat is a marvel of storytelling, a universal journey through a wondrous and menacing world told by a lovable mountain lion.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 17 June 2024
Department of Data We here at the Department of Data are dedicated to exploring the weird and wondrous power of the data that defines our world.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
The map offers up good backstory on some of the locations and will leave you with a new appreciation for this wondrous corner of the state.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
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“Wondrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wondrous. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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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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