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WONDERFUL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
Example:
a tremendous achievement
Synonyms:
fantastic; grand; howling; marvellous; marvelous; rattling; terrific; tremendous; wonderful; wondrous
Classified under:
Similar:
extraordinary (beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable)
Derivation:
wonderfulness (admirable excellence)
Context examples:
Very true indeed, my dears, but you are blessed with wonderful memories, and your poor cousin has probably none at all.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
He was a terrible and wonderful man.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It is so wonderful, that though perfectly convinced of the fact, it is yet almost incredible to myself.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) Do you think it is wonderful to be alive now?
(GDS - Think Wonderful to Be Alive, NCI Thesaurus)
Nor was that wonderful, seeing how cavalier had been the captain's answer.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“Well,” said the huntsman, “this is wonderful; this happens just as the old woman said”; then he shot into the midst of them so that their feathers flew all about.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
For my part, I slipped after him to try to console him, and to tell him all the wonderful changes which had come so suddenly into my life.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It is wonderful, replied Wickham, for almost all his actions may be traced to pride; and pride had often been his best friend.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
There is a wonderful sympathy and freemasonry among horsey men.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Holmes turned away smiling from the keen scrutiny of those wonderful eyes.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
