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wistful definition

wist·ful (wist′fəl)

adjective

showing or expressing vague yearnings; longing pensively

Etymology: altered (modeled on wishful) < earlier wistly, attentive

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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