yearningly
1
6.9
- adverb
- /ˈjɜrnɪŋli/
:
anhelosamente
- Simon's father answered yearningly.
Examples
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As a boy, I stared yearningly at glass-enclosed displays of spurs, knives, guns, and battle flags, as well as the great mural of mounted General Robert E. Lee and his generals, whose names I could recite.
Fiction book (1993) -
Jackson gazed yearningly at the smiling elderly physician on the TV and wiped tears from his own eyes.
Fiction book (1998) -
He thought yearningly of the federal witness-protection program.
Fiction book (2001) -
But I still feel incredibly anxious when I see those young girls and know he is so quietly, innocently, surreptitiously, and yearningly aware of them.
Fiction book (1995) -
(yearningly) Oh Gomez, don't torture yourself.
Fiction book (1991) -
The lab instructor has hovered over us yearningly, wanting us to get a good view of the amoeba, to really appreciate the spyrogyra.
Fiction book (2002) -
Parents stood around laughing, teachers sat cross-legged swatting gnats, and neighbors looked yearningly at the games, wishing they were children again.
Fiction book (1990) -
He turned and perceived a vast man who gazed yearningly at Agnes Flack from beneath beetling eyebrows.
Fiction book (1998) -
Jackson gazed yearningly at the smiling elderly physician on the TV and wiped tears from his own eyes.
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Parents stood around laughing, teachers sat cross-legged swatting gnats, and neighbors looked yearningly at the games, wishing they were children again.
Synonyms
366
3.6
In a very urgent way because you feel a strong need or fear
66
2.8
In a way that shows very strong feelings and great excitement
10
5.6
In a sad way that shows you wish for something you no longer have
7
4.5
Showing a strong wish for something you cannot have now
7
4.9
In a way that shows strong feeling and great enthusiasm
5
6.6
In a way that shows deep pain or longing
1
6.8
In a way that shows hope for something you want but can't have
1
3.8
Showing strong eagerness to learn or get something
Antonyms
How Desirous
Surface Forms
Morphology
yearningly = yearning (transparent) = yearn + ing + ly
Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the clearly derived adjective 'yearning', yielding the expected meaning 'in a yearning way'.
Etymology
Yearningly comes from the verb yearn, which meant 'to desire' and is like the simple word long, as in 'to long for'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine wanting something for a long time, almost like for a 'year', so to look or speak yearningly is to show a deep, lasting desire.