Wishful
['wɪʃfʊl;-f(ə)l] or ['wɪʃfəl]
Definition
(a.) Having desire, or ardent desire; longing.
(a.) Showing desire; as, wishful eyes.
(a.) Desirable; exciting wishes.
Editor: Solomon
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Desirous, longing, eager, hankering, lickerish, wistful.
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Examples
- Mrs. Bucket is as fond of children as myself and as wishful to have 'em, but no. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was too clear and simple and too open and shut and many of the statistics he knew were faked by wishful thinking. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Now I know I acted as if wishful and resolute to win and conquer. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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