adj
Meaning 1
wondrous; wondersome
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Usage: archaic
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Standard Lemma guide
wonderly
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CMU ARPABET: W AH1 N D ER0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
Wonderfully, in a wonderful manner.
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Usage: archaic
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adv
Meaning 3
To a wonderful degree, exceedingly.
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Usage: archaic
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name
Meaning 4
A surname.
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History
Etymology
From Middle English wonderly, wonderli, wonderlich, from Old English wundorlīċ (“wonderful, miraculous”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundralīk, from Proto-Germanic *wundralīkaz, equivalent to wonder + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wunderelk, wunnerelk, West Frisian wûnderlik, Dutch wonderlijk, German Low German wunnerlik, German wunderlich, Swedish underlig, Icelandic undarlegur.
From Middle English wonderly, wonderli, wonderliche, from Old English wundorlīċe, equivalent to wonder + -ly.