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Search phrase: wistly

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King Edward IIIE3 II.ii.88Who looking wistly on me make me blush,Who looking wistely on me, make me blush:
King Edward IIIE3 III.iv.121And wistly follow whiles the game's on foot. – And wistlie follow whiles the games on foote.
Richard IIR2 V.iv.7And speaking it, he wishtly looked on me,And speaking it, he wistly look'd on me,

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The Passionate PilgrimPP.6.12 Yet not so wistly as this queen on him. Yet not so wistly, as this Queene on him:
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1355 And blushing with him, wistly on him gazed. And blushing with him, wistlie on him gazed,
Venus and AdonisVen.343 O, what a sight it was, wistly to view O what a sight it was wistly to view,

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wistlyintently, attentively, earnestly

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
WISHTLYBASICsee WISTLY
WISTLYBASICwishtly adv, wistly adv

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