wishfully

adverb

as in gladly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wishfully
  1. gladly
  2. voluntarily
  3. instead
  4. optionally
  5. either
Adverb
  • Freedom is a business someone else would gladly buy, on your timeline, at your price.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Advertisement Kim gladly devotes himself to a quiet life as a father and office worker, and the SMD leaves him alone.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 27 July 2026
Definition of gladly
Adverb
  • At least six were deported, one left the country voluntarily and eight remained in federal custody at the time of the report.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Paramount voluntarily — on their own, without California forcing them to — decided to enter an agreement with Warner Bros for this ticking fee.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of voluntarily
Adverb
  • Parents are naming guardians for their children in case they are detained or deported, while others have stopped working, shopping or even leaving home, relying instead on neighbors and churches.
    — Maria Santana, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Douglass opted not to race the individual 100, instead swimming the 100 breaststroke Thursday.
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of instead
Adverb
  • In an example video, Google demonstrates how the user can speak long, complex instructions, optionally referring to files on the local computer, and have Gemini synthesize a response directly into a document or email.
    — Paul Monckton, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • This partnership is set to provide a means of churning out large numbers of autonomous or optionally crewed ships in American shipyards.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 26 July 2026
Definition of optionally
Adverb
  • Getting the role wasn’t any sort of immediate windfall either.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Alongside that, many players in the past have left Arsenal while on the decline, which does not help either.
    — Kaya Kaynak, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
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