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wondrously

adverb (from the adjective wondrous)

«wondrously» 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

In a way that is wonderful and amazing, so beautiful or strange that you stop and stare. tree →

In the lessons

old use, in stories; it describes how something looks, as in «wondrously beautiful»

Examples

  • The birch looked wondrously beautiful in the summer wind. tree →
  • The sunlight shone wondrously through the red and blue glass. tree →
  • The garden was wondrously quiet after the storm. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

Describes the marvelous acts of God or His angel, which go beyond what humans can do.

Interpretation. Tradition sees such wonders as signs of God's care for Israel. In Joel, the wonders are the rescue and plenty promised after a locust plague.

Examples

  • So Manoah took the kid with the meal-offering, and offered it upon the rock unto the LORD; and the angel did wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on. (Prophets JDG.13.19, JPS 1917) tree →
  • And ye shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and shall praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you; and My people shall never be ashamed. (Prophets JOL.2.26, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

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