wondrously

English

Etymology

From wondrous +‎ -ly.

Adverb

wondrously (comparative more wondrously, superlative most wondrously)

1. In a wondrous manner.
   • 1596, Edm[und] Spenser, “An Hymne of Heavenly Beautie”, in Fowre Hymnes, London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, page 43:

     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, […]

   • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 338:

     Renamed in honor of the tube tearjerker, the work wondrously went on to become the most recognized theme in all of soapdom.