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Meanings of wish well in English

Portuguese
desejar

Feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of.

desejar
Usage of wish well in English
1
We must wish well to another in order to do him justice.
Lectures on Art
2
I wish well to the Company; have I not eaten their salt?
In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
3
The virtuous and sensible there universally wish well to our Cause.
The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 3
4
Those who wish well to Ireland cannot be satisfied with this.
The Irish Race in the Past and the Present
5
A wish well used, if he did say so himself.
Embrace the darkness
6
If you wish well to Italy, be one of us.
In Direst Peril
7
And in this, too, we wish well for ourselves.
The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)
8
I wish well to all; that is my creed.'
Aurelian; or, Rome in the Third Century
9
And to wish well is a Sort of Salutation.
The Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I.
10
For we do not wish well to God, to whom no ill can ever happen.
The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)
11
Will the examination be anything but a task to me-a task I wish well over?
Villette
12
For myself, I wish well to the English.
At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War
13
You wish well to the kind kinsman to whom you have been such a devoted nephew!
Run to Earth: A Novel
14
Thus, those who wish well to the Irish cause have only moral force to fall back upon.
The Irish Race in the Past and the Present
15
He had done with worldly things, and could only wish well to those who were left behind.
French and English: A Story of the Struggle in America
16
Whether as many as wish well to their country ought not to aim at increasing its momentum?
The Querist / Containing Several Queries Proposed to the Conside...
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Translations for wish well
Portuguese
desejarquerer
Wish well through the time
Wish well across language varieties
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