wistful

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1. a. Longing; wishful; desirous. Source: opted
2. a. Full of thought; eagerly attentive; meditative; musing; pensive; contemplative. Source: opted
3. adj. showing pensive sadness Source: wordnet
4. 1. Longing; wishful; desirous. Lifting up one of my sashes, I cast many a wistful, melancholy look towards the sea. Swift. 2. Full of thought; eagerly attentive; meditative; musing; pensive; contemplative. That he who there at such an hour hath been, Will wistful linger on that hallowed spot. Byron. -- Wist"ful*ly, adv. -- Wist"ful*ness, n. Source: webster
5. j:100 s showing pensive sadness Source: ecdict

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