wishful
adjective
Origin of wishful
Related Words for wishful
acquisitive, ambitious, aspiring, craving, desiring, greedy, hankering, hopeful, itchy, keen, longing, lustful, yearningExamples from the Web for wishful
Contemporary Examples of wishful
Our quest for better leaders—“Change we can believe in”— is wishful thinking.
But the idea he is going to attract droves of non-traditional Republican supporters is nothing more than wishful thinking.
Sometimes the wishful thinking was done by well-known individuals—the Dalai Lama and Ralph Bunche.
At least 65 Peace Prizes have been awarded for wishful thinking.
Does a Middle East foreign policy determined by wishful thinking and poor information sound familiar?
Historical Examples of wishful
But, in spite of these ordinary defects, he was fond of his work and wishful to excel in it.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
He looked at me real sharp, an' sort of wishful, and then he says, "You look like a good woman."
Against OddsLawrence L. Lynch
I can tell that Emily is wishful to pass through this structure.
From Place to PlaceIrvin S. Cobb
I hoped that I was correct; maybe it was wishful thinking, but I claim that right.
Highways in HidingGeorge Oliver Smith
We are weary of our voyage of discovery and wishful to arrive at the promised land.
Hilaire BellocC. Creighton Mandell