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单词 wishfully
释义

wishfullyadv.

Brit. /ˈwɪʃfᵿli/, /ˈwɪʃfl̩i/, U.S. /ˈwɪʃfəli/
Etymology: < wishful adj. + -ly suffix2.
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.
2. According to wish or desire. Obsolete.
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).
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