Words / A2

WUND-uh-fl/ˈwʌndəfl/

Wonderful means extremely good: a wonderful day, wonderful news, taste wonderful. Great and brilliant are everyday cousins. Awful is an opposite. Wonder is the verb or noun; wonderful is the adjective. Do not write wonderfull with two l’s.

Meaning

Extremely good; causing pleasure or admiration.

Examples

• “We had a wonderful day by the sea.”
• “The volunteers did a wonderful job at the fête.”
• “It was wonderful to see my grandparents again.”

Good to know

a wonderful day / news. Cousins: great, brilliant. Opposite: awful. Spelling: one l in -ful.

Near in meaning

great, brilliant

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