yearningly
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ˈjɜːnɪŋli/ / /ˈjɝnɪŋli/
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English yearning Middle English -ly English -ly English yearningly From yearning + -ly.
- With yearning; with desire; longingly.
“He was silent a few moments, not looking at her; while her eyes were turned toward him yearningly, in alarm at this sudden change.”
“Yet what was it she had in mind, what did she wish to make of him beyond what she had already made, a patient, punctilious host, mindful that she had originally arrived much as a stranger, arrived not at all deliberately or yearningly invited?—so that one positively had her possible susceptibilities the MORE on one’s conscience.”