单词 | wishfully |
释义 | wishfullyadv. 1. In a wishful manner; with desire; longingly.Most commonly qualifying look or equivalent; sometimes apparently associated with wistfully. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > wishing > [adverb] wishingly1571 wishfully1598 optatively1626 wishlya1825 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades iv. 497 All did wishfullie expect the siluer-throned morne. 1743 Defoe's Col. Jack (ed. 6) 29 Well, young Gentleman,..you look wishfully. 1773 J. Boswell Jrnl. 23 Aug. in Jrnl. Tour Hebrides (1785) 98 I was weary of this day, and began to think wishfully of being again in motion. 1792 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum IV. 351 Wishfully I look and languish In that bonie face of thine. 1831 R. Southey Let. in Corr. R. Southey with C. Bowles (1881) 272 I am looking daily and wishfully for your little book. 1878 H. B. Stowe Poganuc People i. 13 Dolly still hung about wishfully. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adverb] > so as to content or satisfy > to one's satisfaction to one's willOE a-willc1275 at a person's willc1300 fillc1300 to payc1300 at, to greec1374 with or upon one's wish or wishes1390 agreea1425 at wisha1525 to (one's) wish (rarely wishes)1586 to one's heart's content1600 wishfully1607 1607 T. Middleton Phoenix sig. G2 I doubt now We shall not gaine accesse vnto your loue or she to vs. Fid. Most wishfully here she comes. Derivatives ˈwishfulness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > wishing > [noun] > wishfulness wishfulness1801 1801 R. Southey in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 371 I expect with some wishfulness your remarks on the second volume. 1863 A. Trollope Rachel Ray II. viii. 170 The longing loving wishfulness which used to make so many of her questions sweet to her mother's ears. 1892 Sat. Rev. 8 Oct. 422/1 A sweet wishfulness to please. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.1598 |
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