wonderful

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The girl took his hand and pressed it in both her own You are wonderful--wonderful!"

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  1. adjective Capable of eliciting wonder; astonishing: "The ... whale is one of the most wonderful animals in the world” (Charles Darwin).
  2. adjective Admirable; excellent: "The spirit of the movement was wonderful. It was joyous and grave at the same time” (Christabel Pankhurst).

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  • "I think this so wonderful, and I think it's time that Mesquite is recognized for the wonderful things they do here," said Superintendent Joanna Rummer. —  Ridgecrest Daily Independent Homepage RSS
  • But you were always wonderful--wonderful and very complete. —  The Green Carnation
  • It's wonderful--wonderful Other guests arriving occupied him, and then a servant came in to say that he was wanted on the telephone He returned with the message that Captain Cathcart was sorry to say he could not possibly be there until a quarter-past eight. —  Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 11, 1914
  • "You were instructing him in the more difficult and subtle movements of a hornpipe, and I must say I thought your elasticity was wonderful--wonderful It was just the result of an argument I had with him," said the captain, looking very confused, "and I ought to have known better. —  Salthaven
  • In the faith of that prediction Bill had lived; and it was a curious illustration of the sympathetic force inherent in a firm belief, that both passengers and seamen, even those who affected to laugh at the rest of what they called his wonderful yarns, entertained a secret conviction in favour of that tale, and felt secure of gold-gathering in Bill's company I am not certain that my own mind was entirely clear of a similar impression, but the two among us who contemned loudest and believed most devoutly, were the captain and his mate. —  Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444 Volume 18, New Series, July 3, 1852
 

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  1. from Middle English wonderful, wonderful, wundervol (= German wundervoll); from wonder + -ful.
  2. from Middle English wonder-full; from wonderful, adjective
 

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/ˈwəndərfəl/
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