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Synonyms for wishful
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : wish-fuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɪʃ fəl |
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Définition of wishful
Origin :- 1520s, from wish (n.) + -ful. Related: Wishfully; wishfulness. Wishful thinking is recorded from 1932.
- adj desirous
- But, in spite of these ordinary defects, he was fond of his work and wishful to excel in it.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- He looked at me real sharp, an' sort of wishful, and then he says, "You look like a good woman."
- Extract from : « Against Odds » by Lawrence L. Lynch
- I can tell that Emily is wishful to pass through this structure.
- Extract from : « From Place to Place » by Irvin S. Cobb
- I hoped that I was correct; maybe it was wishful thinking, but I claim that right.
- Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
- We are weary of our voyage of discovery and wishful to arrive at the promised land.
- Extract from : « Hilaire Belloc » by C. Creighton Mandell
- I have been wishful to feel upon my brow the pressure of the great crown.
- Extract from : « Privy Seal » by Ford Madox Ford
- These terms were made in wishful remembrance of the ransom of Atabalipa.
- Extract from : « The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 9 » by Various
- Now Gunther, hearing his wife's kind words, was wishful to do her will.
- Extract from : « Stories of Siegfried » by Mary MacGregor
- It is not your corpse I will be wishful to hold in honour the way I hold this corpse in honour.
- Extract from : « The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays » by William B. Yeats
- “Do not be so sure I am wishful to ridicule,” answered the Minor Poet.
- Extract from : « Tea-Table Talk » by Jerome K. Jerome
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