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wistfully
adverb
in a way that is characterized by melancholy or longing; pensively.
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- First recorded in 1660–70.
- Comes from the word wistful, with the obsolete word wist, “quiet, silent, attentive” as the stem.
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EXAMPLES OF WISTFULLY
- The musician played a haunting melody on his violin, making the audience sway wistfully to its melancholic tune.
- Walking through the deserted park, she smiled wistfully at the faded graffiti that reminded her of past adventures.
synchronicity
noun
an apparently meaningful coincidence in time of two or more similar or identical events that are causally unrelated.
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- In the highlighted sense, first recorded in 1950–55 in the psychological theory of Carl G. Jung.
- Comes from synchronous, originally from the Greek word sýnchronos, meaning “together in time.”
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EXAMPLES OF SYNCHRONICITY
- Experiencing synchronicity in their thoughts and actions, the duo felt a deep connection despite only having met recently.
- When they both showed up wearing matching outfits without prior planning, it was a hilarious example of synchronicity in action.
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- First recorded in 1880–85.
- Formed from the Greek stem biblio-, “book,” and the Greek word kléptēs, “thief.”
- Related is the term kleptomania, “an irresistible impulse to steal.”
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EXAMPLES OF BIBLIOKLEPT
- Often forgetting to return library books, he admitted to being a bit of an unintentional biblioklept.
- The shop owner understood the desire for books and offered a shelf of free used books to help satiate those occasional biblioklepts.
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