wistfully

• Adverb, das eine wehmütige, sanft melancholische Sehnsucht oder ein unerfülltes Verlangen ausdrückt, oft nach etwas Vergangenem oder unwahrscheinlich Erscheinendem.

An adverb describing a manner of acting or speaking that expresses a gentle, melancholic longing or unfulfilled desire, often for something in the past or something unlikely to happen.

1. Longingly or YearninglyB2formal

   In a way that shows a sad or thoughtful desire for something that is absent or lost.

   Wehmütig

   • She looked wistfully at the old photographs.
   • He spoke wistfully about his childhood summers.
   • They gazed wistfully at the departing ship.

   Synonymehopefullylonginglymournfullypensivelyplaintivelythoughtfullyyearningly

   Antonymecontentedlyindifferently