unwishfully

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adverb

In an unwishful manner; without wishing.

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Meanings

adverbunwishfully (comparative more unwishfully, superlative most unwishfully)

comparative more unwishfully · superlative most unwishfully

  1. rareIn an unwishful manner; without wishing.

    Again we descend, perhaps to the dreary shore of some dead sea of life, where we may wander on unhopefully, nay, even unwishfully. We would lie down and die if we could do so sinlessly; and we wonder that sin should be in the wish.

    1902, Mary Linskill, In Exchange for a Soul, page 126

Origin

From unwishful + -ly.

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APA

unwishfully. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwishfully

MLA

“unwishfully.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwishfully. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unwishfully,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwishfully.

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