--- title: W — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 27 description: The 590 words of the English dictionary under W, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/27/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / W # W — The English dictionary · page 27 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) … [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/26/) **27** [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/28/) … [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/34/) **woe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Great sadness or trouble.[↗](../../woe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was a scene of woe.[↗](../../woe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She told him all her woes.[↗](../../woe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Woe came upon the village after the storm.[↗](../../woe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh; he hath given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, unto Sihon king of the Amorites.[↗](../../woe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.21.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../woe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Woe is me for my hurt\![↗](../../woe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.10.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../woe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock\![↗](../../woe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.11.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../woe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD\![↗](../../woe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.5.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../woe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **woebegone** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Looking very sad, unhappy or miserable.[↗](../../woebegone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Why do you look so woebegone?[↗](../../woebegone/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He had a woebegone look about him.[↗](../../woebegone/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The woebegone dog sat by the gate.[↗](../../woebegone/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **woeful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Full of sorrow or sadness.[↗](../../woeful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very bad or poor.[↗](../../woeful/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her woeful punishment was hard to bear.[↗](../../woeful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog gave a woeful howl.[↗](../../woeful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The team played woeful football.[↗](../../woeful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after Thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; Thou knowest it; that which came out of my lips was manifest before Thee.[↗](../../woeful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.17.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../woeful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **wold** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A wide, open stretch of high, bare land with few trees, as on a hill country.[↗](../../wold/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A wide, open stretch of high, bare land with few trees.[↗](../../wold/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They hunted by field, and they hunted by wold.[↗](../../wold/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sheep grazed on the wold.[↗](../../wold/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind blew across the wold all day.[↗](../../wold/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They hunted by field, and they hunted by wold; they drew the woods blank, and the scent didn't lie on the downs at all.[↗](../../wold/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (The Book of Dragons) · “Wind, wind, gently sway, Blow Curdken’s hat away; Let him chase o’er field and wold Till my locks of ruddy gold, Now astray and hanging down, Be combed and plaited in a crown.”[↗](../../wold/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (The Blue Fairy Book) · “Wind, wind, gently sway, Blow Curdken’s hat away; Let him chase o’er field and wold Till my locks of ruddy gold Now astray and hanging down, Be combed and plaited in a crown.”[↗](../../wold/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (The Blue Fairy Book) **wolf** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A wolf is a wild animal of the dog family that lives and hunts in groups called packs.[↗](../../wolf/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To wolf food, or wolf it down, is to eat it very quickly in big mouthfuls.[↗](../../wolf/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A pack of wolves howled in the forest.[↗](../../wolf/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wolves hunt together in packs.[↗](../../wolf/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The big bad wolf blew the house down.[↗](../../wolf/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't cry wolf, or no one will believe you.[↗](../../wolf/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He wolfed down his sandwich.[↗](../../wolf/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pet dogs come from wolves.[↗](../../wolf/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wolves were brought back to Yellowstone National Park.[↗](../../wolf/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A wolf in sheep's clothing pretends to be kind.[↗](../../wolf/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Thank you, Mr. Wolf," said she.[↗](../../wolf/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth; in the morning he devoureth the prey, and at even he divideth the spoil.'[↗](../../wolf/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wolf/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food.[↗](../../wolf/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.65.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wolf/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey: to shed blood, and to destroy souls, so as to get dishonest gain.[↗](../../wolf/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.22.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wolf/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are wolves of the desert, they leave not a bone for the morrow.[↗](../../wolf/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEP.3.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wolf/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **wolof** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The Wolof are a people of West Africa, living mostly in Senegal, The Gambia and Mauritania.[↗](../../wolof/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Wolof is also their language, widely spoken in Senegal by many people, including those who are not Wolof.[↗](../../wolof/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As an adjective it describes things of this people or language: «Wolof music».[↗](../../wolof/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wolof is spoken by millions of people in Senegal.[↗](../../wolof/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend from Dakar taught me to say hello in Wolof.[↗](../../wolof/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Senegalese people speak Wolof and French.[↗](../../wolof/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Wolof people have a long tradition of griots, who sing family histories.[↗](../../wolof/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Jërëjëf» means «thank you» in Wolof.[↗](../../wolof/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The radio played a song in Wolof.[↗](../../wolof/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **wolverine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A fierce, strong animal like a large weasel, living in cold northern lands.[↗](../../wolverine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The wolverine was very particular about his clothes.[↗](../../wolverine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A shriek came from the wolverine.[↗](../../wolverine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wolverines lived in the snowy forest.[↗](../../wolverine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **woman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A woman is a grown-up female person, an adult girl.[↗](../../woman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Women is the word for more than one woman.[↗](../../woman/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 15 women and 12 men at the party.[↗](../../woman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each woman brought 2 dishes.[↗](../../woman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many people are there in all?[↗](../../woman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A woman bought 3 dresses.[↗](../../woman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The woman at the desk gave us our tickets.[↗](../../woman/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Marie Curie was a woman scientist who won two Nobel Prizes.[↗](../../woman/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The women's football team won the cup.[↗](../../woman/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · An old woman fed the ducks by the pond.[↗](../../woman/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "You have killed the holy woman!"[↗](../../woman/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the serpent said unto the woman: 'Ye shall not surely die; (Torah GEN.3.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../woman/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses said unto them: 'Have ye saved all the women alive?[↗](../../woman/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.31.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../woman/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And I said unto my master: Peradventure the woman will not follow me.[↗](../../woman/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.39, JPS 1917)[↗](../../woman/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And David sent and inquired after the woman.[↗](../../woman/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.11.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../woman/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And when the king asked the woman, she told him.[↗](../../woman/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.8.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../woman/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · A gracious woman obtaineth honour; and strong men obtain riches.[↗](../../woman/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.11.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../woman/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **womanhood** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The time of life when someone has grown up as a woman.[↗](../../womanhood/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The child grew up to womanhood full soon.[↗](../../womanhood/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She reached womanhood in the king's palace.[↗](../../womanhood/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her womanhood brought new duties.[↗](../../womanhood/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **womankind** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* All women; the female sex.[↗](../../womankind/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is abomination.[↗](../../womankind/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.18.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../womankind/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.[↗](../../womankind/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.20.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../womankind/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **womb** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The womb is the organ inside a female mammal's body where a baby grows before it is born.[↗](../../womb/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (figurative) A womb can be a safe, warm place where something starts and grows.[↗](../../womb/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (poetic) A womb can be a dark place that swallows things up, like a grave.[↗](../../womb/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A baby grows in its mother's womb.[↗](../../womb/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The kangaroo baby is born early and then grows in a pouch, not in the womb.[↗](../../womb/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors can see a baby in the womb with a scan.[↗](../../womb/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Babies can hear sounds while in the womb.[↗](../../womb/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mammals grow their young in a womb.[↗](../../womb/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cosy cave felt like a womb to the lost hikers.[↗](../../womb/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There firm and instant closed the greedy Womb, Where wide-born Thousands met a common Tomb.[↗](../../womb/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.[↗](../../womb/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.30.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../womb/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.[↗](../../womb/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.25.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../womb/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.[↗](../../womb/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.29.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../womb/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Why died I not from the womb?[↗](../../womb/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.3.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../womb/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Out of whose womb came the ice?[↗](../../womb/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../womb/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And did not One fashion us in the womb?[↗](../../womb/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.31.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../womb/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **wombat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A wombat is a sturdy, short-legged Australian marsupial with a broad head and thick fur, which digs burrows and eats grass and roots.[↗](../../wombat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A wombat dug a burrow under the tree.[↗](../../wombat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wombats live in Australia.[↗](../../wombat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wombat's pouch faces backwards.[↗](../../wombat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wombats do cube-shaped poo\![↗](../../wombat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a wombat crossing the road at night.[↗](../../wombat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Baby wombats are called joeys.[↗](../../wombat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wombats eat grass, roots and bark.[↗](../../wombat/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **wonder** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To wonder is to think about something and want to know the answer.[↗](../../wonder/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Wonder is a feeling of surprise and amazement at something beautiful or strange.[↗](../../wonder/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A wonder is something amazing, like the wonders of the world.[↗](../../wonder/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «No wonder» means it is not surprising.[↗](../../wonder/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I wonder why the sky is blue.[↗](../../wonder/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She wondered where her cat had gone.[↗](../../wonder/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The children looked at the stars in wonder.[↗](../../wonder/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pyramids are one of the wonders of the world.[↗](../../wonder/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · You didn't sleep — no wonder you are tired\![↗](../../wonder/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I wonder if you could help me.[↗](../../wonder/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He wondered about the strange noise.[↗](../../wonder/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Grand Canyon is a natural wonder.[↗](../../wonder/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · the great trials which thine eyes saw, the signs and those great wonders; (Torah DEU.29.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wonder/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.[↗](../../wonder/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.7.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wonder/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever; (Torah DEU.28.46, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wonder/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Wilt Thou work wonders for the dead?[↗](../../wonder/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.88.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wonder/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · How great are His signs! and how mighty are His wonders\![↗](../../wonder/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.3.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wonder/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · I am as a wonder unto many; but Thou art my strong refuge.[↗](../../wonder/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.71.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wonder/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **wonderful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Wonderful means very good, very nice or enjoyable: a wonderful day.[↗](../../wonderful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Wonderful means causing wonder, surprising and amazing: the wonderful world of nature.[↗](../../wonderful/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (ironic) «Oh, wonderful» can be said in a cross voice when something goes badly.[↗](../../wonderful/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had a wonderful time at the seaside.[↗](../../wonderful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · What wonderful news\![↗](../../wonderful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · You did a wonderful job on your painting.[↗](../../wonderful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The rainforest is full of wonderful creatures.[↗](../../wonderful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She is wonderfully kind to everyone.[↗](../../wonderful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's raining on sports day.[↗](../../wonderful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") Oh, wonderful, said Dad crossly.[↗](../../wonderful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was really a wonderful light.[↗](../../wonderful/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.[↗](../../wonderful/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.59, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wonderful/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In two and thirty most occult and wonderful paths of wisdom did JAH the Lord of Hosts engrave his name: God of the armies of Israel, ever-living God, merciful and gracious, sublime, dwelling on high, who inhabiteth eternity.[↗](../../wonderful/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../wonderful/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · According to liim God created the universe with thirty -two wonderful ways of wisdom.[↗](../../wonderful/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../wonderful/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul keep them.[↗](../../wonderful/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.129, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wonderful/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; too high, I cannot attain unto it.[↗](../../wonderful/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.139.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wonderful/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: (Writings PRO.30.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wonderful/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **wonderfully** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Wonderfully means in a very good, pleasing or delightful way.[↗](../../wonderfully/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Wonderfully can also mean very or extremely, in a good way, as in "wonderfully warm".[↗](../../wonderfully/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* You sang wonderfully at the concert.[↗](../../wonderfully/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bath was wonderfully warm after the cold walk.[↗](../../wonderfully/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma is wonderfully kind to everyone.[↗](../../wonderfully/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The plan worked wonderfully.[↗](../../wonderfully/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cake was wonderfully gooey in the middle.[↗](../../wonderfully/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The children behaved wonderfully on the trip.[↗](../../wonderfully/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · That merchant's business began to prosper wonderfully.[↗](../../wonderfully/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I will give thanks unto Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.[↗](../../wonderfully/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.139.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wonderfully/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Her filthiness was in her skirts, she was not mindful of her end; therefore is she come down wonderfully, she hath no comforter. '[↗](../../wonderfully/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") Behold, O LORD, my affliction, for the enemy hath magnified himself.'[↗](../../wonderfully/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.1.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wonderfully/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper and do; and he shall destroy them that are mighty and the people of the saints.[↗](../../wonderfully/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.8.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wonderfully/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **wonderingly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a puzzled, amazed way, as if wanting to know more.[↗](../../wonderingly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «What are you doing?» asked the horse wonderingly.[↗](../../wonderingly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jegu looked at the gold wonderingly.[↗](../../wonderingly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pinocchio asked wonderingly how they could be so many.[↗](../../wonderingly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **wonderland** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A place full of wonderful, magical or beautiful things.[↗](../../wonderland/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Wonderland is the strange dream world Alice falls into down the rabbit hole in Lewis Carroll's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865).[↗](../../wonderland/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A place that is very beautiful at a certain time, such as «a winter wonderland» when everything is covered in snow.[↗](../../wonderland/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Alice fell down the rabbit hole into Wonderland.[↗](../../wonderland/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After the snowstorm the garden was a winter wonderland.[↗](../../wonderland/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The toy shop was a wonderland of lights and games.[↗](../../wonderland/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In Wonderland, animals talk and argue with Alice.[↗](../../wonderland/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The coral reef is an underwater wonderland of colour.[↗](../../wonderland/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · When Alice woke up, Wonderland was only a dream.[↗](../../wonderland/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The book is often called «Alice in Wonderland» for short.[↗](../../wonderland/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **wonderment** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A feeling of great surprise and amazement.[↗](../../wonderment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king shouted in wonderment.[↗](../../wonderment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They stared in wonderment at the sky.[↗](../../wonderment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was dazed with wonderment and fright.[↗](../../wonderment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **wondrous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (literary) Amazing and wonderful; causing wonder.[↗](../../wondrous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They saw wondrous sights in the deep sea.[↗](../../wondrous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Alice had a wondrous dream.[↗](../../wondrous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The hymn praised God's wondrous works.[↗](../../wondrous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A wondrous rainbow stretched across the sky.[↗](../../wondrous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum is full of wondrous things.[↗](../../wondrous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Every snowflake is a wondrous pattern.[↗](../../wondrous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Every one was astounded at this wondrous manifestation, and the Tartar said:[↗](../../wondrous/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Midrash Tanchuma 1:5 on \[Genesis 1:1\], Zohar 1:3a inter alia.\][↗](../../wondrous/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") \[note 8: Though the phrase is usually translated the ‘Thirty-Two Paths’, I find that the alliteration of ‘Wondrous Ways of Wisdom’ neatly approximates the SY’s choice of poetic vocabulary.[↗](../../wondrous/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../wondrous/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · For Thou art great, and doest wondrous things; Thou art God alone.[↗](../../wondrous/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.86.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wondrous/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For all this they sinned still, and believed not in His wondrous works.[↗](../../wondrous/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.78.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wondrous/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Wondrous works in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea.[↗](../../wondrous/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.106.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wondrous/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) … [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/26/) **27** [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/28/) … [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/34/) - ← previous: [page 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/26/) - next →: [page 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/28/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)