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wishly

wishly adverb: steadfastly; intently.

Adverb

wishly (comparative more wishly, superlative most wishly)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) Steadfastly; intently.
    • To die seemeth unto him a naturall and indifferent accident: thereon he wishly [translating justement] fixeth his sight, and thereon he resolveth without looking elsewhere.1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.4

Forms of wishly

comparativemore wishly
superlativemost wishly

Origin of wishly

Perhaps an alteration of wistly.

Questions about wishly

What does wishly mean?
Wishly means steadfastly; intently.
What part of speech is wishly?
Wishly is an adverb.

Words near wishly in the dictionary

  1. wishlessness
  2. wishlist
  3. wishlisted
  4. wishlisting
  5. wishlists
  6. wishly
  7. Wishma
  8. Wishman
  9. Wishmans
  10. Wishon
  11. Wishons

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