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wistfully
(encz) | wistfully,tesknivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
wistfully
(encz) | wistfully,toužebně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Wistfully
(gcide) | Wistful \Wist"ful\, a. [For wishful; perhaps influenced by
wistly, which is probably corrupted from OE. wisly certainly
(from Icel. viss certain, akin to E. wit). See Wish.]
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1. Longing; wishful; desirous.
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Lifting up one of my sashes, I cast many a wistful,
melancholy look towards the sea. --Swift.
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2. Full of thought; eagerly attentive; meditative; musing;
pensive; contemplative.
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That he who there at such an hour hath been,
Will wistful linger on that hallowed spot. --Byron.
[1913 Webster] -- Wist"ful*ly, adv. -- Wist"ful*ness,
n.
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wistfully
(wn) | wistfully
adv 1: in a wistful manner; "his sister would have looked
beautiful in that dress, he thought wistfully, just like
an angel" |
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Wistfully
(gcide) | Wistful \Wist"ful\, a. [For wishful; perhaps influenced by
wistly, which is probably corrupted from OE. wisly certainly
(from Icel. viss certain, akin to E. wit). See Wish.]
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1. Longing; wishful; desirous.
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Lifting up one of my sashes, I cast many a wistful,
melancholy look towards the sea. --Swift.
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2. Full of thought; eagerly attentive; meditative; musing;
pensive; contemplative.
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That he who there at such an hour hath been,
Will wistful linger on that hallowed spot. --Byron.
[1913 Webster] -- Wist"ful*ly, adv. -- Wist"ful*ness,
n.
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