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wistfully
[wist-fuh-lee]
adverb
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.
Other 51Թ Forms
- unwistfully adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of wistfully1
Example Sentences
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.
One commander looked wistfully at my body-armour and radio when we joined them on a patrol.
“All the things that might not be learned,” she mused wistfully.
Sam Smith, the current Tory leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, recalls it wistfully as the "good old days of Conservativism".
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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