wonderful
//ˈwʌndəfl̩//
Forms
- Comparative
- wonderfuller
- Superlative
- wonderfullest
Definitions
1.Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.
- His delusion was not wonderful, but most natural.
- He is massively corrupt. It is wonderful how the man's popularity survives.
2.Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.
- They served a wonderful six-course meal.
- What appears to be wonderful may turn out to be anything but.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1330
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Middle English wonderful, wondirful, from Old English wundorful (“wonderful”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundrafull, equivalent to wonder + -ful.
Cognate Dutch wondervol (“wonderful”), German wundervoll (“wonderful”).
Compare Old English wuldorfull (“glorious”).