wishly
English
Etymology
Perhaps an alteration of wistly.
Adverb
wishly (comparative more wishly, superlative most wishly)
- (obsolete, dialect) Steadfastly; intently.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.4:
- 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.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.4: