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wishfully

wishfully adverb: in a wishful manner.

Adverb

wishfully (comparative more wishfully, superlative most wishfully)

  1. In a wishful manner.

Forms of wishfully

comparativemore wishfully
superlativemost wishfully

Origin of wishfully

From wishful + -ly.

Questions about wishfully

What does wishfully mean?
Wishfully means in a wishful manner.
What part of speech is wishfully?
Wishfully is an adverb.

Words near wishfully in the dictionary

  1. wishful thinking
  2. wishful thinkings
  3. wishful thought
  4. wishful thoughts
  5. wishfulfilling
  6. wishfully
  7. wishfulness
  8. wishfulnesses
  9. wishi
  10. wishin'
  11. wishing

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