yearningly

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
19
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈjɜːnɪŋli/
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/ˈjɜːnɪŋli/ · /ˈjɝnɪŋli/(US)

Definition of yearningly

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. 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.”
    “The old maple stump shot sickly pink switches from her roots, new switches every year. They crept yearningly toward the little square of window.”

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Etymology

From yearning + -ly.

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