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.

单词	wistfully
释义	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.
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