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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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Other 51Թ Forms

  • unwistfully adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of wistfully1

First recorded in 1660–70; wistful ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )
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Written and directed by playwright turned filmmaker Celine Song, “Materialists” is the follow-up to the wistfully melancholic “Past Lives,” her 2023 feature debut that was nominated for best picture and original screenplay Oscars.

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One commander looked wistfully at my body-armour and radio when we joined them on a patrol.

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“All the things that might not be learned,” she mused wistfully.

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Sam Smith, the current Tory leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, recalls it wistfully as the "good old days of Conservativism".

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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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