wishful

IPA: wˈɪʃfʌɫ

adjective

  • (obsolete) Wished-for; desired, wanted.
  • Expressing a wish or longing for something.
  • Aspiring, or seeking advancement.
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Examples of "wishful" in Sentences

  • Now that's what I call wishful thinking on your part.
  • My reaction is that it is you who is engaging in wishful thinking.
  • Did she get on Leander's nerves, or was that what they called wishful thinking on her part?
  • Yes | No | Report from cindypiep wrote 2 weeks 3 days ago moishe, I know, call it wishful thinking
  • The Republicans will continue to say no and block the legislative process because they will start engaging in wishful thinking about the 2012 elections.
  • "Some were wildly optimistic and it's what I call wishful thinking," said Chris Benson, who heads energy policy for the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.
  • What available knowledge is there to support such a notion is possible or is it basically a case in wishful thinking which has no place in a critical thinking exercise.
  • There's a lot I could do this 4th St. that I couldn't do last 4th St. When people observed that I seemed to be doing significantly better, I didn't want to kick them, because they were not engaging in wishful thinking, they were right.

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