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adjective

Wishful adj.

Having desire, or ardent desire; longing.

Showing desire; as, wishful eyes. "From Scotland am I stolen, even of pure love To greet mine own land with my wishful sight."

Desirable; exciting wishes. (R.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Wishful" Quotes from Famous Books

... a quarter after midnight I was knocked up. Down I came and Constable Ford, on duty at the time, told me that Mrs. Pendean was wishful to see me. I knew her and her husband very well, for they'd been the life and soul of the Moss Supply Depot, run at Princetown ...

— The Red Redmaynes • Eden Phillpotts

... and umbrella on one chair, he placed himself upon another,—very leisurely. Crossing his legs, laying his folded hands upon his knees, he sat and looked at me. I was quite conscious of his observation; but endured it in silence, being a little wishful that ...

— The Beetle - A Mystery • Richard Marsh

... interference, and she did not anticipate an easy task. She did not like to discuss the question much with her father and mother. They seemed so pained at the thought that the two girls should not agree, and so wishful that their schooldays should bring them nearer together, that she determined not to mention the subject again, and could only hope that her fears might not be fulfilled. What the future held in store for her, and what experiences she was to encounter in her new life at Morton Priory, ...

— The Nicest Girl in the School - A Story of School Life • Angela Brazil

... he had imposed on them in the affair. Barny was equal to all this. He had a stout heart, and was an admirable actor; yet, for the first hour after the ship was out of sight, he could not quite recover himself, and every now and then, unconsciously, he would look back with a wishful eye to the point where last he saw her. Poor Barny ...

— Stories of Comedy • Various

... should make an associate of his clergyman, and by this step she would ensure, at any rate, that. She was anxious that the parish vicar should be one with whom she could herself fully co-operate, and was perhaps unconsciously wishful that he might in some measure be subject to her influence. Should she appoint an elder man, this might probably not be the case to the same extent; and should her son have the gift, it might probably not be the case at all. And, therefore, it was resolved that the living should be given ...

— Framley Parsonage • Anthony Trollope

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