wistfully

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English wistful Middle English -ly English -ly English wistfully From wistful + -ly.

1. In a wistful manner.

   “The difference here is that the protagonists in this collection are, for the most part, at the end of their lives, and so the news of familial drama and divorce and the cocktail parties, barbecues and casual wooings of quotidian life in suburbia is given retrospectively, wistfully, presented in the larger context as memories of lost moments and lost opportunities.”