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Definition of Wondrus
Won"drous (?), adv. [OE. wonders, adv.
(later also adj.). See Wonder, n., and cf. -
wards.] In a wonderful or surprising manner or degree;
wonderfully.
For sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race,
Are, as when women, wondrous fond of place.
Pope.
And now there came both mist and snow,
And it grew wondrous cold. Coleridge.
Won"drous, a. Wonderful; astonishing;
admirable; marvelous; such as excite surprise and astonishment;
strange.
That I may . . . tell of all thy wondrous
works. Ps. xxvi. 7.
-- Won"drous*ly, adv. --
Won"drous*ness, n.
Chloe complains, and wondrously's
aggrieved. Granville.
Won"drous (?), adv. [OE. wonders, adv.
(later also adj.). See Wonder, n., and cf. -
wards.] In a wonderful or surprising manner or degree;
wonderfully.
For sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race,
Are, as when women, wondrous fond of place.
Pope.
And now there came both mist and snow,
And it grew wondrous cold. Coleridge.
Won"drous, a. Wonderful; astonishing;
admirable; marvelous; such as excite surprise and astonishment;
strange.
That I may . . . tell of all thy wondrous
works. Ps. xxvi. 7.
-- Won"drous*ly, adv. --
Won"drous*ness, n.
Chloe complains, and wondrously's
aggrieved. Granville.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Amazing, inspiring awe, "to be marvelled at".
We all stared open mouthed at the wondrous sight, speechless.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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