Meanings
adverbwishly (comparative more wishly, superlative most wishly)
comparative more wishly · superlative most wishly
- dialectalobsoleteSteadfastly; intently.
To die seemeth unto him a naturall and indifferent accident: thereon he wishly [translating justement] fixeth his sight, and thereon he resolveth without looking elsewhere.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.4
Origin
Perhaps an alteration of wistly.
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