Associations to the word «Wistfully»

Wiktionary

WISTFULLY, adverb. In a wistful manner.

Dictionary definition

WISTFULLY, adverb. In a wistful manner; "his sister would have looked beautiful in that dress, he thought wistfully, just like an angel".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats