WISHED-FOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wished-for mean? 

• WISHED-FOR (adjective)
  The adjective WISHED-FOR has 1 sense:

1. greatly desired

  Familiarity information: WISHED-FOR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WISHED-FOR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Greatly desired

Synonyms:

longed-for; wished-for; yearned-for

Similar:

wanted (desired or wished for or sought)

 Context examples 

At length, however, our kind friend procured the wished-for direction.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I also loved that Uranus was in an ideal angle to the Sun and new moon to a precise degree, indicating that if you needed money to follow a dearly wished-for plan, the funds would somehow magically materialize so that you could get started.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Your ladyship wants Mr. Darcy to marry your daughter; but would my giving you the wished-for promise make their marriage at all more probable?

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)