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The term "wonderful" is employed across various works of literature to evoke a sense of enchantment, marvel, or even irony. It can describe tangible magical elements, as when a trunk gains the ability to fly ([1]) or when the sky displays astonishing cloud formations that captivate the eye ([2]). At times, it accentuates human qualities and imaginative feats, such as the unexpected agility of a character ([3]) or extraordinary intellectual command ([4]). In other contexts, authors use the word to underscore historical grandeur and mythological dimensions ([5], [6]), or to express a wistful lament for the magic of a bygone era ([7]). Thus, "wonderful" becomes a key stylistic device that layers narratives with awe, humor, and reflective commentary.
  1. It was a very wonderful trunk; no sooner did any one press on the lock than the trunk could fly.
    — from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. Andersen
  2. And there rise in the sky deep masses of clouds, looking like herds of elephants and decked with wreaths of lightning that are wonderful to behold.
    — from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1
  3. “Hilli-ho!” cried old Fezziwig, skipping down from the high desk, with wonderful agility.
    — from A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens
  4. He has a wonderful command of language, and he makes his meaning clear by striking phrases, vigorous antitheses, anecdotes, and illustrations.
    — from English Literature by William J. Long
  5. At that time Krishna of wonderful deeds was residing at Mathura.
    — from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1
  6. Many great and wonderful deeds are recorded of your state in our histories.
    — from Timaeus by Plato
  7. “My life, too, has been a wonderful one.
    — from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy

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