longingly
English
Etymology
Adverb
longingly (comparative more longingly, superlative most longingly)
- In a longing manner, with desire, yearningly.
- 1913 Eleanor Porter: Pollyanna: Chapter 7:
- As she stepped nearer and peered longingly out, she saw something else: she saw, only a little way below the window, the wide, flat tin roof of Miss Polly's sun parlor built over the porte-cochère. The sight filled her with longing. If only, now, she were out there!
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