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wistfully Definition


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wistful
adj
    1. Sadly or vainly yearning.
      Thesaurus: pensive, dreamy, contemplative, longing, wishful, yearning, reflective, nostalgic, musing, meditative, disconsolate, soulful.
Derivative: wistfully
adverb
    Derivative: wistfulness
    noun
      Etymology: 18c in this sense; 17c in obsolete sense ‘intent'.



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