wistfully
adverb/ˈwɪstfəli/
/ˈwɪstfəli/
- in a slightly sad way that shows you are thinking about something that you would like to have, especially something in the past that you can no longer have
- She sighed wistfully.
- ‘If only I had known you then,’ he said wistfully.
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