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)

1. 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).

2. To an extent inspiring wonder.

   His costume was wonderfully intricate.

Translations

in a wonderful manner

• Catalan: meravellosament (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精彩地

• Dutch: wonderlijk (nl), fantastisch (nl)
• Finnish: loistavasti (fi)
• French: merveilleusement (fr)
• Galician: marabillosamente (gl)
• Greek:

  Ancient: θαυμασίως (thaumasíōs)

• Italian: meravigliosamente (it)
• Latin: mirābiliter
• Portuguese: maravilhosamente (pt)
• Russian: замеча́тельно (ru) (zamečátelʹno)
• Spanish: maravillosamente (es), a las mil maravillas (colloquial)
• Swedish: underbart (sv), ljuvligt (sv)
• Walloon: clapanmint (wa)

to an extent inspiring wonder

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: հրաշալիորեն (hy) (hrašalioren)
• Dutch: wonderlijk (nl)
• Finnish: ihmeellisen (fi)
• French: merveilleusement (fr)
• Galician: marabillosamente (gl)
• German: wunderbar (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: θαυμασίως (thaumasíōs)

• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: meravigliosamente (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: mirābiliter
• Mandarin: 极好地
• Portuguese: maravilhosamente (pt)
• Russian: удиви́тельно (ru) (udivítelʹno)
• Spanish: maravillosamente (es)
• Vietnamese: đáng ngạc nhiên

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wunderfullie, wonderfulliche

Etymology

wonderful +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwundɛrfuliː/

Adverb

wonderfully

1. miraculously; extraordinarily; unnaturally

Descendants

• English: wonderfully
• Yola: wonderfullee

References

• “wǒnderfullī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.