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Only one letter separates the two words, but "wishful" is having hope for something, and wistful is having sadness or melancholy about something.

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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.