wishful
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwɪʃfəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪʃfəl
Adjective
wishful (comparative more wishful, superlative most wishful)
- (obsolete) Wished-for; desired, wanted.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- The cry whereof entring the hollow cave / Eftsoones brought forth the villaine, as they ment, / With hope of her some wishfull boot to have.
- Expressing a wish or longing for something.
- 1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 5, in The Interesting Narrative, volume I:
- When she weighed anchor I went to the waterside and looked at her with a very wishful and aching heart, and followed her with my eyes and tears until she was totally out of sight.
- Aspiring, or seeking advancement.
Translations
expressing a wish or longing for something
aspiring, or seeking advancement
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