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wishfully

/wˈɪʃfəli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables
wish-ful-ly
IPA
/wˈɪʃfəli/
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a wishful manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English wishful Middle English -ly English -ly English wishfully From wishful + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more wishfully (comparative) most wishfully (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce wishfully?
The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɪʃfəli/.
What does wishfully mean?
In a wishful manner.
Where does wishfully come from?
Etymology tree English wishful Middle English -ly English -ly English wishfully From wishful + -ly.

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