wonderly
obsolete
wonderly is spelled W-O-N-D-E-R-L-Y: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, wonderly means “wondrous; wondersome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in wonderly?
| Letters | 8: W-O-N-D-E-R-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 62 million words; the 246,401st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is wonderly?
Wonderly appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce wonderly?
Wonderly has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of wonderly
- more wonderly comparative
- most wonderly superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wonderly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
archaicwondrous; wondersome
adverb
- 1
archaicWonderfully, in a wonderful manner.
- 2
archaicTo a wonderful degree, exceedingly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does wonderly come from?
From Middle English wonderly, wonderli, wonderlich, from Old English wundorlīċ (“wonderful, miraculous”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundralīk, from Proto-Germanic *wundralīkaz, equivalent to wonder + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wunderelk, wunnerelk, West Frisian wûnderlik, Dutch wonderlijk, German Low German wunnerlik, German wunderlich, Swedish underlig, Icelandic undarlegur.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).