how to pronounce wishful

/ˈwɪʃfəl/

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wishful is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of wishful in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… covers and even such wishful thinking …”

meanings of wishful

adjective:

Wished-for; desired, wanted.
Aspiring, or seeking advancement.
Expressing a wish or longing for something.

wishful frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word wishful occurs in english on average 2.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics wishful can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that wishful can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;