wishly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps an alteration of wistly.

Adverb[edit]

wishly (comparative more wishly, superlative most wishly)

  1. (obsolete, dialect) Steadfastly; intently.
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.4:
      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.
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