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Webster 1913 Edition

Wishly

Wish′ly

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adv.

According to desire; longingly; with wishes.

[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Chapman.

Definition 2024

wishly

wishly

English

Adverb

wishly ‎(comparative more wishly, superlative most wishly)

(obsolete, dialect) Steadfastly; intently.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.4:
  To die seemeth unto him a naturall and indifferent accident: thereon he wishly [transl. justement] fixeth his sight, and thereon he resolveth without looking elsewhere.