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comparative more wishful, superlative most wishful
(obsolete) Wished-for; desired, wanted. quotations
The cry whereof entring the hollow cave / Eftsoones brought forth the villaine, as they ment, / With hope of her some wishfull boot to have.
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie
Expressing a wish or longing for something. quotations examples
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.
1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 5, in The Interesting Narrative, volume I
Aspiring, or seeking advancement. examples