wondrously

In marvelous fashion

Wondrously means in a manner that inspires wonder or amazement: The light played wondrously across the water.

It suggests something marvelous or extraordinary, often with a sense of enchantment: The old cathedral was wondrously preserved.

The word is literary and somewhat old-fashioned, more common in writing than speech.

magical

enchantment

Magical influence over someone

ethereally · fantastically · miraculously · supernaturally · otherworldly · fairy-tale · dreamlike · mythically · enchanted · charmed

beauty

elegance

Refined, graceful quality

exquisiteness · loveliness · gorgeousness · enchantingly · resplendently · dazzlingly · sublimely · luminously · ethereally · gloriously

unexpected

surprisingly

In unanticipated manner

improbably · serendipitously · miraculously · unbelievably · inconceivably · unfathomably · mysteriously · uncannily · extraordinarily · implausibly

awe

reverence

Profound admiring respect

marvel · inspiration · humility · veneration · numinous · epiphany · breathtaking · awe-struck · speechless · overwhelmed

Opposites
degree of marvel or amazement

wondrouslyboringly

In an uninteresting manner

tediously · dully · unimpressively · blandly · lifelessly

ordinariness vs. extraordinariness

wondrouslyordinarily

In the usual manner

mundanely · commonly · typically · normally · conventionally

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G