'Wistfulness' definitions:
Definition of 'wistfulness'
(from WordNet)
noun
A sadly pensive longing
Definition of 'Wistfulness'
From: GCIDE
- Wistful \Wist"ful\, a. [For wishful; perhaps influenced by wistly, which is probably corrupted from OE. wisly certainly (from Icel. viss certain, akin to E. wit). See Wish.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Longing; wishful; desirous. [1913 Webster]
- Lifting up one of my sashes, I cast many a wistful, melancholy look towards the sea. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Full of thought; eagerly attentive; meditative; musing; pensive; contemplative. [1913 Webster]
- That he who there at such an hour hath been, Will wistful linger on that hallowed spot. --Byron. [1913 Webster] -- {Wist"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Wist"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]