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Wonderly

Won′der-ly

,
adv.
[AS.
wundorlice
.]
Wonderfully; wondrously.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

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wonderly

wonderly

English

Adverb

wonderly (comparative more wonderly, superlative most wonderly)

  1. (obsolete) Wonderfully, in a wonderful manner.
  2. (obsolete) To a wonderful degree, exceedingly.
    • 1903, A. W. Pollard (ed.), Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory (1485) , volume I, Bk. I, chapter I:
      And in like wise as she said so they departed, that neither the king nor none of his council were ware of their departing. All so soon as King Uther knew of their departing so suddenly, he was wonderly wroth. Then he called to him his privy council, and told them of the sudden departing of the duke and his wife.
      1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter primum, in Le Morte Darthur, book I:
      and in lyke wyse as she saide so they departed / that neyther the kynge nor none of his counceill were ware of their departyng Also soone as kyng Vther knewe of theire departyng soo sodenly / he was wonderly wrothe / Thenne he called to hym his pryuy counceille / and told them of the sodeyne departyng of the duke and his wyf