WISTFULLY

wistfully

(adverb) in a wistful manner; “his sister would have looked beautiful in that dress, he thought wistfully, just like an angel”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adverb

wistfully (comparative more wistfully, superlative most wistfully)

In a wistful manner.

Source: Wiktionary

WISTFUL

Wist"ful, a. Etym: [For wishful; perhaps influenced by wistly, which is probably corrupted from OE. wisly certainly (from Icel. viss certain, akin to E. wit). See Wish.]

1. Longing; wishful; desirous. Lifting up one of my sashes, I cast many a wistful, melancholy look towards the sea. Swift.

2. Full of thought; eagerly attentive; meditative; musing; pensive; contemplative. That he who there at such an hour hath been, Will wistful linger on that hallowed spot. Byron.

– Wist"ful*ly, adv.

– Wist"ful*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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