wistfully

Recounting one particularly vulnerable moment in a diner bathroom — post-milkshakes, no Lactaid in sight — Slate wistfully describes “that feeling, like, when you can tell you’re about to pass away.”

“They didn’t realize how invested I was in the company,” he says, almost wistfully.

“Maybe it’s in my future,” he adds wistfully.

One advert for the Ukrainian version of hit US series The Bachelor shows a smartly-dressed Oleksandr staring wistfully at a flower.

Once my tour was over, I wistfully returned to the parking lot, a strawberry-Ashwagandha smoothie in hand.