wishedly en · ADV
Etymology
From wished + -ly.
Meanings
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(obsolete) According to one's wish; as is or was desired.
To set so wishedly his footing there
1614–1615, Homer, “The Fourth Book of Homer’s Odysseys”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume I, London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most wishedly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more wishedly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |