Definition of wistfully in English:
wistfully
adverb ˈwɪs(t)fʊliˈwɪs(t)f(ə)liˈwɪs(t)fəli
With a feeling of vague or regretful longing.
he smiled wistfully as he spoke of her
I wistfully recall moments of my youth
Example sentencesExamples
- Wistfully through the sunshine, Wistfully through the rain, They watch for his returning Who will never return again.
- At first, she looked around her, suspiciously, as if distrusting eaves-droppers; then she gazed wistfully into the face of her attentive companion.
- Wistfully she watched Mrs Toland tying little Constance's sash and straightening her flower-crowned hat for church.
- He looks wistfully down from the second-story balcony of the smallpox pavilion.
- Titles and badges are exercised as such a weapon, to which you and I look up wistfully.
Definition of wistfully in US English:
wistfully
adverbˈwis(t)fəlēˈwɪs(t)fəli
With a feeling of vague or regretful longing.
he smiled wistfully as he spoke of her
I wistfully recall moments of my youth
Example sentencesExamples
- Wistfully she watched Mrs Toland tying little Constance's sash and straightening her flower-crowned hat for church.
- Wistfully through the sunshine, Wistfully through the rain, They watch for his returning Who will never return again.
- Titles and badges are exercised as such a weapon, to which you and I look up wistfully.
- He looks wistfully down from the second-story balcony of the smallpox pavilion.
- At first, she looked around her, suspiciously, as if distrusting eaves-droppers; then she gazed wistfully into the face of her attentive companion.