adverb
- in a manner showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing
Examples
- She looked wistfully at the old photograph of her childhood home.
- He spoke wistfully about his college days.
- The elderly man gazed wistfully out the window at the children playing.
- She smiled wistfully, remembering her grandmother’s cooking.
- He wistfully recalled the summer they spent traveling together.
- The actress wistfully mentioned her early days on Broadway.