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wonderful

/ˈwʌndɚfl̩/ adjective A1
  1. Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary. · His delusion was not wonderful, but most natural.
  2. Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive. · They served a wonderful six-course meal.· What appears to be wonderful may turn out to be anything but.

Comparative wonderfuller · Superlative wonderfullest

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The dinner would no doubt be a wonderful experience thrown into the dull routine of the girl’s life; and her lively appreciation of it would add to his own triumph and pleasure.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 29 · C1
Then, if you had been watching, you would have seen the most wonderful thing in the world--the wolf checked in mid-spring.
The Jungle Book, p. 4 · B2
Now you must be content to skip ten or eleven whole years, and only guess at all the wonderful life that Mowgli led among the wolves, because if it were written out it would fill ever so many books.
The Jungle Book, p. 13 · B2
The Monkey-People, watching in the trees, considered his play most wonderful.
The Jungle Book, p. 37 · B2

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