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单词 wishfully
释义 wishfully, adv.|ˈwɪʃfʊlɪ|
[f. wishful a. + -ly2.]
1. In a wishful manner; with desire; longingly.
Most commonly qualifying look or equivalent; sometimes app. associated with wistfully.
1598Chapman Iliad iv. [viii.] 497 All did wishfullie expect the siluer-throned morne.1722De Foe Col. Jack ii, Well, young gentleman,..you look wishfully.1773Boswell Tour Hebr. (1785) 98, I was weary of this day, and began to think wishfully of being again in motion.1791Burns Bonie Wee Thing 5 Wishfully I look and languish In that bonie face o' thine.1831Southey in Corr. w. C. Bowles (1881) 272, I am looking daily and wishfully for your little book.1878Mrs. Stowe Poganuc P. i, Dolly still hung about wishfully.
2. According to wish or desire. Obs.
1602Middleton, etc. Phœnix iii. i. G 2 b, I doubt now We shall not gaine accesse vnto your loue or she to vs. Fid. Most wishfully here she comes.
So ˈwishfulness.
1801Southey in Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 371, I expect with some wishfulness your remarks on the second volume.1863Trollope Rachel Ray I. 170 The longing loving wishfulness which used to make so many of her questions sweet to her mother's ears.1892Sat. Rev. 8 Oct. 422/1 A sweet wishfulness to please.
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