"well-wishing" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more well-wishing [comparative], most well-wishing [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} well-wishing (comparative more well-wishing, superlative most well-wishing)
  1. extending good wishes Translations (extending good wishes): onnitteleva (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-well-wishing-en-adj-KS~L4ZPh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 35 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 54 23 23

Noun

Forms: well-wishings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} well-wishing (plural well-wishings)
  1. act of extending good wishes to someone else Translations (act of extending good wishes): onnittelu (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-well-wishing-en-noun-8xml89to

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} well-wishing
  1. present participle and gerund of well-wish Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: well-wish
    Sense id: en-well-wishing-en-verb-S7TjVng1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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