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wistful
adjective
Showing pensive sadness
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ˈwɪstfəl
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adjective
Showing pensive sadness
“The sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty”
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The sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty
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