Adjective

(en-adj)

Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.

* 1992 , Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety , Harper Perennial 2007, p. 278:

He is massively corrupt. It is wonderful how the man's popularity survives.

Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.

They served a wonderful six-course meal.

* {{quote-news

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Adjective

(en adjective)

Producing a profit.

* (Aeschylus)

It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)

, volume=189, issue=2, page=27, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable . Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing"