longingly
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4.5
- adverb
- /ˈlɔŋɪŋli/
:
anhelosamente
- My brother and I watched the group longingly as it faded into the morning mist.
- look longingly
You have to just stare longingly towards them.
- You have to just stare longingly towards them.
- There hasn't been a lot of moments with Dimitri but now they're like longingly staring at each other.
Examples
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Joe gazes longingly across the defense table at Heather, but she does not look at him.
Academic text (1997) -
Elspeth stared at the crumbs on her plate and thought longingly of her mother.
Fiction book (1996) -
Hold each other and look longingly into each others' eyes.
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"Coffee," his wife said longingly when he spoke of it.
Fiction book (1992) -
You have to just stare longingly towards them.
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But he watches birds so longingly every morning.
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The lady in the purple dress looked longingly at the plate of pastries in the center of the table.
Fiction book (1998) -
Matilda rocked near the open window, gazing longingly at the house on the hill in the distance.
Fiction book (1998) -
Beth sighed, longingly thinking of her pills and the lure of her down comforter.
Fiction book (1996) -
She looked longingly at the beautiful painting, wishing she could afford it.
Synonyms
10
5.6
In a sad way that shows you wish for something you no longer have
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
6.9
In a way that shows a strong wish for something
1
3.8
Showing strong eagerness to learn or get something
Antonyms
How Desirous
366
3.6
1
6.9
7
4.5
10
5.6
67
1.3
4
4.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
longingly = longing (transparent) = long + ing + ly
The adverb is formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'longing', which is itself transparently derived from 'long'.
Etymology
Longingly comes from the simple word long, which originally gave the idea of 'stretching' toward something far away or 'wanting' it. The ending -ly turns it into an adverb, so longingly means 'in a way that shows a strong desire'.