small wonder
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An event or fact whose cause or rationale is not difficult to discern; an unsurprising occurrence.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Small wonder if he had loved her for herself, she was so beautiful."
- "Small wonder that I am restless. I think, and think, and I cannot cease from thinking."
- "Small wonder that you can't believe my words—you who think yourself sage enough to reject the opinions of your parents and superiors."
- "That she was beautiful and intelligent could not be denied, and so it was small wonder that she might appeal strongly to any man."
- "Small wonder the average cost of new pools has leaped past $30,000."
- "In retrospect, it was small wonder that Railtrack found its finances under pressure, as with ever increasing demand there was an inevitable effect on infrastructure renewals. Matters came to a head with the Hatfield accident on October 17 2000, when there was a high-speed derailment as a result of deferred track maintenance."