[
UK
/lˈɒŋɪŋli/
]
[ US /ˈɫɔŋɪŋɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈɫɔŋɪŋɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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in a yearning manner
he spent the rest of the act gazing longingly over my right shoulder at the illuminated word `Exit'
How To Use longingly In A Sentence
- I glanced longingly at the bright green bottle of Mountain Dew.
- He looked longingly at the tray of cakes.
- He gazed longingly up at the immense, empty sky that cut across the nearby horizon through the naked trees and began tramping through the snow towards it.
- Here she mainly rolls her eyes in sorrow and gazes longingly at Fairbanks, a pretty sight himself in a ripped, muscle-exposing blouse and thigh-hugging culottes.
- Over at the machinery section, farmers gazed longingly at some of the latest gigantic tractors.
- On the way home we talked longingly of sleep and filled ourselves enormous sandwiches of Swiss cheese, slivered bell peppers, fresh basil leaves, olive oil, salt, and pepper.
- 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
- Later, after they had migrated to Lowell and other textile towns to work in the mills, young women like Sally would look back longingly on the days they spent roaming hillsides, walking along brooks, and lying about in meadows.
- The only clue as to where the dwarf could have got to was a love-starved weedeater gazing longingly downstream from the battlements. Archive 2010-06-01
- Anne, who loved the sea in all of its many moods, looked out at the storm-tossed harbour longingly.