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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 wistfully
 (ad.)渴望地;想望地

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Wist·ful a.
 1. Longing; wishful; desirous.
    Lifting up one of my sashes, I cast many a wistful, melancholy look towards the sea.   --Swift.
 2. Full of thought; eagerly attentive; meditative; musing; pensive; contemplative.
 That he who there at such an hour hath been,
 Will wistful linger on that hallowed spot.   --Byron.
 -- Wist*ful*ly, adv. -- Wist*ful*ness, n.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 wistfully
      adv : in a wistful manner; "his sister would have looked beautiful
            in that dress, he thought wistfully, just like an
            angel"