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  • adverb In a yearnful manner.

Etymologies

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yearnful +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Larger and smaller waves, in the spread of the ocean, yearnfully flowing;

    After the Sea-Ship 1900

  • Larger and smaller waves in the spread of the ocean yearnfully flowing,

    Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 1855

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