All 7 Uses
wistful
in
The Killer Angels
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- The spy thought hopefully, wistfully: if it's Stuart I can ask for an armed escort all the way home.†
Chpt 1.1 *wistfully = with longing or unfulfilled desire
- Wistfully: "I say.†
Chpt 1.1
- "Never?" he said wistfully.†
Chpt 1.4
- Pickett said wistfully, "Well, I had to speak on it, sir.†
Chpt 1.4
- The man said it wistfully, cautiously, not quite convinced.†
Chpt 2.4
- Don't suppose you could do that," Armistead said wistfully.†
Chpt 2.5
- He sighed wistfully, smelling fresh coffee, looked that way, was too proud to ask, saw a familiar figure: Meade himself.†
Chpt 3.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(wistful) showing longing or unfulfilled desire
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)