Both Uses of
wistful
in
Jane Eyre
- "You know I am a scoundrel, Jane?" ere long he inquired wistfully — wondering, I suppose, at my continued silence and tameness, the result rather of weakness than of will.†
p. 345.0 *wistfully = with longing or unfulfilled desire
- I was now too fond of you often to simulate the first whim; and, when I stretched my hand out cordially, such bloom and light and bliss rose to your young, wistful features, I had much ado often to avoid straining you then and there to my heart.†
p. 362.8
Definition:
showing longing or unfulfilled desire