wonderingly
Americanadverb
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in a way that expresses wonder or awe.
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in a way that expresses curiosity or puzzlement; questioningly.
Example Sentences
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The donkey also wonderingly observes horses gamboling in a field, glimpsed through the narrow window of a transport van, and tropical fish in a tank in a store window.
From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2022
Its characters gaze wonderingly at the sky, but it covers overly familiar ground.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2022
Edgar, more rational but equally afflicted, wonderingly replies.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2016
Whether performed as solos or ensemble pieces, these numbers tend to percolate along, blithely and wonderingly, at the speed of circular thought.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2014
Pacheco smiled, giggled absurdly, and shook his head wonderingly.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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