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wistfully

[ wist-fuh-lee ]

adverb

  1. in a way that is characterized by melancholy or longing; pensively:

    As soon as the first colored leaves appear, people start to speak wistfully of the last days of summer.



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Origin of wistfully1

First recorded in 1660–70; wistful ( def ) + -ly ( def )
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Example Sentences

As he files, she wistfully lists names of places that linger in her deep memories but have no meaning: Delaware, Europe, Zimbabwe and the Equator.

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“I sold 20 knives a week,†he said wistfully, adding that he’s “not great at working for other people.â€

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The elderly woman gazes wistfully into the distance, her hands curled over a basket of tobacco, surrounded by the hundreds of cigarettes she has spent hours rolling by hand.

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“He didn’t recognize them as a bad influence or something that’s holding him down,†she recalled wistfully.

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“I’m learning who she is,†Wallace says about Cox and Desiree alike, wistfully summing up what “Clean Slate†aspires to be.

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