John waited wistfully for the cake on the table.
He walked wistfully away from the train as it pulled out of the station.
the man was wistfully and thought he should help his friend get up because he has a cast.
He watched wistfully as the other boys received their awards. Home sick for the day, she gazed wistfully out the window at her friends playing in the snow. Staring wistfully at the thin dancers, she vowed to lose 30 pounds.
opposite of wistfully
there are 3 syllables
wistfully, mournfully, sadly, sorrowfully
"Wistfully" means deep in thought in a melancholy way, as though deeply hoping for something.
No, the word 'wistfully' is an adverb, a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.The word 'wistfully' is the adverb form of the adjective 'wistful'.Examples:Mother wistfully turned the pages of the photo album. (modifies the verb 'turned')It's a wistfully humorous play. (modifies the adjective 'humorous')A noun is a word for a person, a place, or a thing.The nouns in the example sentences are: mother, pages, album, play.
Synonyms for the word wistfully: unhappily, cheerlessly, dejectedly, dismally, dolefully, gloomily, grievously, joylessly, morosely, sorrowfully
"He was pensive most days, scornful others." Pensive means dreamily or wistfully thoughtful.
Gloomily and sorrowfully.
i would say happy,joyfull.