| 单词 | wistfully |
| 释义 | wistfully (once / 1158 pages) adv Wistfully describes something that's done with longing or regret. You might smile wistfully while sitting on a train that's pulling away from the station, leaving your hometown behind. If there's a vague sense of yearning behind an action, you can say it's done wistfully. People sigh wistfully, gaze wistfully, and wave goodbye wistfully — thinking about the past or what you are leaving behind with a little bit of sadness. In the 1600s, wistfully had a completely different meaning — from the now-obsolete word wist, or intent — done with close attention. It gained today's meaning in the early 1700s. WORD FAMILYwistful: wistfulest, wistfully, wistfulness USAGE EXAMPLESWould he camp out at a nearby cafe while wistfully looking out of the window, searching the passing crowd for Charlotta’s face? New York Times(Nov 25, 2016) “D.J., come home with me,” she said wistfully to the dog bound for Michigan. Washington Post(Nov 17, 2016) He wistfully talked about his city’s diversity as something completely unattainable now. New York Times(Nov 10, 2016) adv in a wistful manner his sister would have looked beautiful in that dress, he thought wistfully, just like an angel |
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