wondrously
advEtymology From wondrous + -ly.
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In a wondrous manner.
- But had thoſe vvits the vvonders of their dayes, / Or that ſvveete Teian Poet [Anacreon] vvhich did ſpend / His plenteous vaine in ſetting forth her [Venus's] prayſe, / Seene but a glims of this, vvhich I pretend, / Hovv vvondrouſly vvould he her face commend, […]1596, Edm[und] Spenser, “An Hymne of Heavenly Beautie”, in Fowre Hymnes, London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, page 43:
- Renamed in honor of the tube tearjerker, the work wondrously went on to become the most recognized theme in all of soapdom.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 338: