wistfully

• Adverbe décrivant une manière d'agir ou de parler exprimant une nostalgie douce et mélancolique ou un désir inassouvi, souvent lié au passé ou à quelque chose d'incertain.

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.

   avec nostalgie

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

   Synonymeshopefullylonginglymournfullypensivelyplaintivelythoughtfullyyearningly

   Antonymescontentedlyindifferently