longingly

Adverb

Meaning

With longing.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

yearningly actively promptly willingly eagerly passionately affectionately earnestly heartily cheerfully ardently fondly impatiently tenderly intently
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Antonyms

carefully badly reluctantly brutally calmly cautiously
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Phrases with the word

longingly remembering down memory

Examples

he spent the rest of the act gazing longingly over my right shoulder at the illuminated word `Exit' Source: Internet

He also has a moment where he looks on longingly as walks by (and why can blame him?) before she climbs into a car and drives off. Source: Internet

Although defeated by the generous portions, we looked longingly at the house specialties-the double fudge chocolate brownie with vanilla ice cream and sprinkles or maybe the shortcake topped with crushed strawberries. Source: Internet

Do you find yourself gazing longingly at bookshelves in the furniture/antique/etc. Source: Internet

Basilio’s mention of Cherubino gazing longingly at the Countess draws the Count out of hiding. Source: Internet

The early 20th-century impulse was to gaze back longingly at medieval times, when the Arthurian legends were born in the West and the Arabian Nights rose in the East. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

longing mark longing to be home longing to travel longingly remembering down memory longingness Longino