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wistfully

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wist·ful  (wstfl)
adj.
1. Full of wishful yearning.
2. Pensively sad; melancholy.

[From obsolete wistly, intently.]

wistful·ly adv.
wistful·ness n.
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Adv.1.wistfully - in a wistful manner; "his sister would have looked beautiful in that dress, he thought wistfully, just like an angel"


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Latterly I had observed that Toby's melancholy had greatly increased, and I had frequently seen him since our arrival at the island gazing wistfully upon the shore, when the remainder of the crew would be rioting below.
Her eyes dwelt wonderingly and rather wistfully upon Pete's face.
All I could discern distinctly by the moonlight was a colourless, youthful face, meagre and sharp to look at about the cheeks and chin; large, grave, wistfully attentive eyes; nervous, uncertain lips; and light hair of a pale, brownish-yellow hue.
 
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