All 5 Uses of
wistful
in
Babbitt
- Always wanted one," he said wistfully.†
Chpt 5
- The next, under the wistful appeal "Finger Print Detectives Wanted—Big Incomes!" confided: "YOU red-blooded men and women—this is the PROFESSION you have been looking for.†
Chpt 6
- He was affectionate, bullying, opinionated, ignorant, and rather wistful.†
Chpt 18 *
- In an intolerable sweetness, a contentment so deep that he was wistfully discontented, he saw magnolias by moonlight and heard plantation darkies crooning to the banjo.†
Chpt 28
- Now they said nothing of returning, but a wistful "I suppose everything is going on all right without me" among her dry chronicles of weather and sicknesses hinted to Babbitt that he hadn't been very urgent about her coming.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(wistful) showing longing or unfulfilled desire