wishly
English edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps an alteration of wistly.
Adverb edit
wishly (comparative more wishly, superlative most wishly)
- (obsolete, dialect) Steadfastly; intently.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, 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.