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  • adverb In a homesick way.

Etymologies

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homesick +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • For he was born a Shoshone, was Winnenap '; and though his name, his wife, his children, and his tribal relations were of the Paiutes, his thoughts turned homesickly toward Shoshone Land.

    The Land of Little Rain 1903

  • I saw in Virginia one of these exiles, who told me how homesickly he pined for the hills and meadows of east Tennessee, which he thought the most delightful region in the world.

    The Sequel of Appomattox : a chronicle of the reunion of the states Walter Lynwood Fleming 1903

  • For he was born a Shoshone, was Winnenap '; and though his name, his wife, his children, and his tribal relations were of the Paiutes, his thoughts turned homesickly toward Shoshone Land.

    The Land of Little Rain Mary Hunter Austin 1901

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