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wist·ful  audio  (wstfl) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Full of wishful yearning.
  2. Pensively sad; melancholy.
ETYMOLOGY:
From obsolete wistly, intently

OTHER FORMS:
wistful·ly(Adverb), wistful·ness(Noun)


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