wonderfully
English
Etymology
From Middle English wonderfully, wunderfullie, wonderfulliche, equivalent to wonderful + -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wʌn.də(ɹ).fli/
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Adverb
wonderfully (comparative more wonderfully, superlative most wonderfully)
- In a wonderful manner.
- He entertained us wonderfully.
- 1992, Casella and George, Explaining the Gibbs Sampler, in: The American Statistician 46(3) 167–174
- By freeing statisticians from dealing with complicated calculations, the statistical aspects of a problem can become the main focus. This point is wonderfully illustrated by Smith and Gelfand (1992).
- To an extent inspiring wonder.
- His costume was wonderfully intricate.
Translations
in a wonderful manner
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to an extent inspiring wonder
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Middle English
Alternative forms
- wunderfullie, wonderfulliche
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwundɛrfuliː/
Descendants
- English: wonderfully
- Yola: wonderfullee
References
- “wǒnderfullī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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