How to use wonderfully in a sentence

40 example sentences · adverb

Wonderfully means in an excellent manner. Example: “He entertained us wonderfully.”

Examples of wonderfully by meaning

adverbIn an excellent manner.

He entertained us wonderfully.
This point is wonderfully illustrated by Smith and Gelfand (1992).1992, Casella and George, Explaining the Gibbs Sampler, in: The American Statistician 46(3) 167–174
“Tacoma has a wonderfully local and real vibe versus some anonymity that can occur in bigger cities,” she says.2024 June 23, Corinne Whiting, quoting Kathy Conn, “The dazzling sides of ‘Grit City’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2024

adverbTo an extent inspiring wonder.

On a clear night, the Montana sky is wonderfully vast and full of stars.
It was wonderfully stormy and dark on the night when the ship went down.
Although this run was made on Whitsun-Tuesday, and the traffic into London was heavy from all directions, we got a wonderfully clear road and apart from one slight check at Herne Hill were entirely undelayed.1959 October, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 705

More sentences with wonderfully

He performed one of Ravel's piano concertos with a wonderfully light and playful touch.From the entry touch
The first few shots went wonderfully, but Robin overplayed the last and lost.From the entry overplay
If you end up with others of your breed, it’ll be a wonderfully nurturing and stress-free environment.2015, Aryna Ryan, Creativity: The Ultimate Teen Guide (It Happened to Me; number 43), Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 160. From the entry golden retriever
The bright white margins are accented so wonderfully with bright red spinose teeth and rosy-red markings.2015, Laurence C. Hatch, HITS: House, Interior, Tropical, and Succulent Plants:: Genera A to B. From the entry reddish-green
Vinegret wonderfully reflects the way international cuisine was integrated into Russia.2015, Olga Syutkin, Pavel Syutkin, translated by Ast A. Moore, “Vinegret: How a French Dressing Became a Russian Salad”, in CCCP Cook…. From the entry vinegret
This works wonderfully, until you hit an exception in one of your zalgo-promise functions.2013 August 30, Dean Landolt, “Re: [nodejs] Downside to not wrapping sync callbacks in nextTick()?”, in nodejs (Google Groups)…. From the entry zalgo
The implications of deuterolearning take us into an anthropology that is wonderfully open.2008, Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi, Jeanette Dickerson-Putman, editors, Pulling the Right Threads: The Ethnographic Life and Legacy of Jane C.…. From the entry deuterolearning
I find the description wonderfully familiar, less the droogish quality, than the loosey-goosey opportunism.2004, Denis Wood, Five Billion Years of Global Change. From the entry loosey-goosey
They're called angora with wonderfully long, soft fleece,” she raptured on about her first venture.2003, Beverly Adam, Irish Magic, page 121. From the entry rapture
Occasionally these eggplants are grilled before being added, altering their taste and making them wonderfully nutty.2002, David Thompson, Thai Food, Random House Digital, Inc., →ISBN, page 195. From the entry pea eggplant
Part 1 was all the wonderfully WAFFy scenes of them getting ready to be married.1996 February 13, BeBe 4 LC, “Possibilities, Possibilities”, in alt.tv.lois-n-clark (Usenet). From the entry WAFFy
He was sarcastic, downputting and in every way wonderfully contemptuous of Brian's self-righteous chest-pounding.1994 May 27, Carl Beaudry, “Hasta Luigi!”, in alt.society.generation-x (Usenet). From the entry downputting
Angel 8 PM, a solo, began with a wonderfully funny nondance.1988 March 4, Justin Hayford, “Ambiguous Gestures”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry nondance
She was a wonderfully campy, vampy siren, and her double fouettes in the coda were breathtaking.1988 November 18, Dorothy Samachson, “Moscow Classical Ballet”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry vampy
Still, life has to go on - and novelty is a wonderfully short-lived thing.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 28. From the entry perforce
Gaping at them from the open doorway, wonderfully respectable and butlerlike in swallow-tails, stood his father.1917, P. G. Wodehouse, Piccadilly Jim. From the entry butlerlike
“She must be wonderfully fascinating,” said Mrs Morel, with scathing satire.c. 1911, D.H. Lawrence, third draft of what became Sons and Lovers, in Helen Baron (editor), Paul Morel, Cambridge University Press…. From the entry that
I had longed for it, but I had never guessed how wonderfully wonderful it was.1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company…. From the entry thistledown
Jesus was not followed by stenographists, though we must not forget that Eastern memories are wonderfully retentive.1909, Claude Goldsmid Montefiore, The Synoptic Gospels: Volume 2. From the entry stenographist
He still looks wonderfully young, despite his awkward, shuffling, slinking walk, and his stooped shoulders.1901, George Makepeace Towle, Beaconsfield: In Society - in Parliament - in Literature, Appleton, page 121. From the entry stooped
The job has been wonderfully rewarding, but very full-on.2025 September 17, Paul Clifton, “"You don't get the luxury of self-pity in this job, because the machine is continuing to churn problems…. From the entry unprompted
Because software is particularly good at counting, it can be used to create wonderfully compelling visualizations of quantitative data.2011, Michael K. Thomas, “The utility and efficacy of qualitative research software in grounded theory research”, in Vivian B. Martin…. From the entry porn
Elantris is quite an exceptional read, a wonderfully rich world of living breathing characters, great plot, and some very original ideas.2011 December 13, Antony Jones, “Book review of 'Elantris' by Brandon Sanderson”, in SF Book. From the entry rich
“The first co-owner had coarse-coated dogs, and she said he was so fluffy and squeezably, wonderfully soft,” Good said.2008 February 12, Richard Sandomir, “Beagle Is Top Hound at Westminster Dog Show”, in New York Times. From the entry squeezably
The wieners are classic: light smoke, good hot-doggy flavor and wonderfully snappy natural casings, about $3.79 a pound.2008 November 11, Audrey Fessler, Jeff Vahlbusch, “Will brake for meat: Road trips not complete without touring several butcher shops”, in…. From the entry hot-doggy
Molten Chocolate Cakes are wonderfully oozy and chocolaty — many people think they're better than a chocolate layer cake.2005, Pamela Anderson, Perfect Recipes For Having People Over. From the entry chocolaty
I must admit to doing an egoscan to see how it turned out, and of course, it was wonderfully done.2005 December 10, Chris Garcia, “ChatBack”, in Vegas Fandom Weekly, volume 2, number 2 (whole number 56), page 11. From the entry egoscan
The idea behind photographing star trails is wonderfully simple.2001, Eric DeBolt, “Happy Trails”, in Astronomy, volume 29, number 7, page 74. From the entry star trail
Rene has played wonderfully a nonnonsense security chief, comic foil to Shirmerman but has also convincingly played a betrayer.1998 February 16, Daniel Tropea, “DS9's real strength - imho”, in alt.tv.star-trek.ds9 (Usenet). From the entry nonnonsense
William Steig's wonderfully scrabbly cartoon figures illustrate a book of poems about animals real (including people) and mythical.1988, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books - Volume 42, page 54. From the entry scrabbly
The coscorobas have a wonderfully detached, rather languid manner of rising from the water and flying, well befitting their aristocratic air.1969, Sidney Dillon Ripley, A paddling of ducks. From the entry coscoroba
“Things are brightening up wonderfully,” said James.1947 December 3, Eric [Keown], “Short Wave”, in Punch, or The London Charivari, volume CCXIII, number 5580, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page…. From the entry announceress
It is a wonderfully versatile genius Mr.1919 October 29, “[London Letter: Westminster, Tuesday Night.] Artist and Humourist.”, in The Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette, volume…. From the entry craftly
God works by instrumentalities, and he has wonderfully thus far interposed in keeping evils that I feared in abeyance.1914, Samuel F. B. Morse, Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals. From the entry instrumentality

Meaning of wonderfully

adverb In an excellent manner.
adverb To an extent inspiring wonder.

Full definition of wonderfully

Questions about wonderfully in a sentence

How do you use wonderfully in a sentence?: Wonderfully is used as an adverb. For example: “He entertained us wonderfully.”
What is a short sentence with wonderfully?: “He entertained us wonderfully.”
What does wonderfully mean?: Wonderfully means in an excellent manner.

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