to a desire

prepositional phrase

Precisely as one would wish; ideally.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. archaicPrecisely as one would wish; ideally.

    The wind, serving us to a desire, now hauled into the west.

    1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “to a desire,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20a%20desire.

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