All 7 Uses of
wistful
in
David Copperfield
- 'And what do you mean to do, Peggotty,' says I, wistfully.†
Chpt 10-12 *
- I think, as Mrs. Micawber sat at the back of the coach, with the children, and I stood in the road looking wistfully at them, a mist cleared from her eyes, and she saw what a little creature I really was.†
Chpt 10-12
- 'Come!' said she, accepting the offer of my hand to help her over the fender, and looking wistfully up into my face, 'you know you wouldn't mistrust me, if I was a full-sized woman!'†
Chpt 31-33
- 'You see,' said Mr. Dick, wistfully, 'if I could exert myself, Mr. Traddles — if I could beat a drum— or blow anything!'†
Chpt 34-36
- I dare say he rarely spoke a dozen words in an hour: but his quiet interest, and his wistful face, found immediate response in both their breasts; each knew that the other liked him, and that he loved both; and he became what no one else could be — a link between them.†
Chpt 40-42
- Dora glanced wistfully at the clock, and hinted that she thought it was too fast.†
Chpt 43-45
- He looked so wistfully into my face, and was so anxious to understand, that I took great pains to answer him slowly and distinctly, as I might have entered on an explanation to a child.†
Chpt 43-45
Definition:
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(wistful) showing longing or unfulfilled desire