wonderfully

adverb (wonderfully)

«wonderfully» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Wonderfully means in a very good, pleasing or delightful way. tree →
Wonderfully can also mean very or extremely, in a good way, as in "wonderfully warm". tree →

In the lessons

In everyday speech and stories, "wonderfully" adds strong praise: a show was wonderfully funny, the weather was wonderfully sunny. In writing lessons it is a lively adverb to describe how something was done. Phrases: "wonderfully well", "wonderfully kind", "wonderfully done".

Examples

You sang wonderfully at the concert. tree →
The bath was wonderfully warm after the cold walk. tree →
Grandma is wonderfully kind to everyone. tree →
The plan worked wonderfully. tree →
The cake was wonderfully gooey in the middle. tree →
The children behaved wonderfully on the trip. tree →
That merchant's business began to prosper wonderfully. tree →

Note

It is wonderful + -ly; note the double l: wonderfully. Similar: brilliantly, marvellously (UK) / marvelously (US), beautifully. Do not confuse with "wondering" (thinking about something).

In Jewish tradition

In Psalm 139 a person is "fearfully and wonderfully made", which means made in an amazing way by God. In Lamentations and Daniel the word means astonishingly, in a terrible way.

Interpretation. The tradition reads Psalm 139 as praise for God's skill in making the human body.

Examples

I will give thanks unto Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. (Writings PSA.139.14, JPS 1917) tree →
Her filthiness was in her skirts, she was not mindful of her end; therefore is she come down wonderfully, she hath no comforter. 'Behold, O LORD, my affliction, for the enemy hath magnified himself.' (Writings LAM.1.9, JPS 1917) tree →
And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper and do; and he shall destroy them that are mighty and the people of the saints. (Writings DAN.8.24, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

It is wonderful + -ly; note the double l: wonderfully. Similar: brilliantly, marvellously (UK) / marvelously (US), beautifully. Do not confuse with "wondering" (thinking about something).

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «wonderfully» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«wonderfully» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «wonderfully» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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