Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With eager desire or craving.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb With longing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
longing manner, withdesire ,yearningly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a yearning manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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I would gaze longingly from the speeding train to a little joint just off the tracks in Hillsdale, remarking to my colleagues every time we left Sunnyvale that someone had to go there with me for a cheeky martini.
Archive 2005-09-01 2005
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I would gaze longingly from the speeding train to a little joint just off the tracks in Hillsdale, remarking to my colleagues every time we left Sunnyvale that someone had to go there with me for a cheeky martini.
Steamies, Hillsdale 2005
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It’ll clock in at only 90 seconds long and, as for what it will contain, werewolves, vampires, and Bella looking at one of those two possibilities longingly is a sure bet.
TWILIGHT SAGA NEWS: MARCH 10TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010
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It’ll clock in at only 90 seconds long and, as for what it will contain, werewolves, vampires, and Bella looking at one of those two possibilities longingly is a sure bet.
TWILIGHT SAGA NEWS: MARCH 10TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010
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I told him I wanted to marry him (the Chef) but I think he may have been gay because he kept looking at Gil longingly, which is probably a good thing because I would weigh 300 pounds if I married him because everything he made was orgasmic.
miss-k2 Diary Entry miss-k2 2008
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“Caine…” His name whispered longingly from her lips as she brushed the back of her fingers across his cheek.
The Pleasure Seekers Melanie George 2003
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“Caine…” His name whispered longingly from her lips as she brushed the back of her fingers across his cheek.
The Pleasure Seekers Melanie George 2003
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He could not get over the suddenness of it, and watched them forlornly, gazing enviously at their conferences over the medicine chest, once straightening himself from his search for stones to call longingly:
The Emigrant Trail Geraldine Bonner 1900
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I read their titles longingly, breathing on every accessible pane of glass, for I dared not attempt to open the doors, with the enemy encamped so near.
Dream Days 1898
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I read their titles longingly, breathing on every accessible pane of glass, for I dared not attempt to open the doors, with the enemy encamped so near.
Dream Days Kenneth Grahame 1895
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