wondrous

«wondrous» in Mova's school dictionary: Amazing and wonderful; causing wonder — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (wondrous)

meaning for a pupil

(literary) Amazing and wonderful; causing wonder. tree →

sense in the lessons

A story and poetry word, used in fairy tales, hymns and old books: «wondrous sights», «a wondrous story». Alice's Wonderland is full of wondrous creatures. In the Bible and hymns, God's «wondrous works» are praised. In science, nature's wondrous patterns (snowflakes, rainbows) can be explained and still amaze.

examples

• They saw wondrous sights in the deep sea. tree →
• Alice had a wondrous dream. tree →
• The hymn praised God's wondrous works. tree →
• A wondrous rainbow stretched across the sky. tree →
• The museum is full of wondrous things. tree →
• Every snowflake is a wondrous pattern. tree →
• Every one was astounded at this wondrous manifestation, and the Tartar said: tree →

note

Adjective, literary. Spelling: wondr-ous (no e). In everyday speech say «wonderful» or «amazing».

In the corpora

• That I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and tell of all Thy wondrous works.
• Blessed be the LORD; for He hath shown me His wondrous lovingkindness in an entrenched city.
• O God, Thou hast taught me from my youth; and until now do I declare Thy wondrous works.
• Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things;
• And they forgot His doings, and His wondrous works that He had shown them.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «wondrous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.