"wishly" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Forms: more wishly [comparative], most wishly [superlative]
Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of wistly. Head templates: {{en-adv}} wishly (comparative more wishly, superlative most wishly)
  1. (obsolete, dialect) Steadfastly; intently. Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-wishly-en-adv-ibPSoD1n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.4:",
          "text": "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.",
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