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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wistful  \Wist"ful\,  a.  [For  wishful;  perhaps  influenced  by 
  wistly,  which  is  probably  corrupted  from  OE  wisly  certainly 
  (from  Icel.  viss  certain,  akin  to  E.  wit).  See  {Wish}.] 
  1.  Longing;  wishful;  desirous. 
 
  Lifting  up  one  of  my  sashes,  I  cast  many  a  wistful, 
  melancholy  look  towards  the  sea.  --Swift. 
 
  2.  Full  of  thought;  eagerly  attentive;  meditative;  musing; 
  pensive;  contemplative. 
 
  That  he  who  there  at  such  an  hour  hath  been  Will 
  wistful  linger  on  that  hallowed  spot.  --Byron. 
  --  {Wist"ful*ly},  adv  --  {Wist"ful*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wistful 
  adj  1:  full  of  longing  or  unfulfilled  desire;  "those  wistful  little 
  ads  that  the  lovelorn  place  in  the  classifieds"  [syn: 
  {yearning}] 
  2:  showing  pensive  sadness;  "the  sensitive  and  wistful  response 
  of  a  poet  to  the  gentler  phases  of  beauty"  [syn:  {pensive}]




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