What does yearningly mean?
Yearningly means With yearning; with desire; longingly..
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/ˈjɜːnɪŋli/ · adverb
With yearning; with desire; longingly..
He was silent a few moments, not looking at her; while her eyes were turned toward him yearningly, in alarm at this sudden change.
Yet what was it she had in mind, what did she wish to make of him beyond what she had already made, a patient, punctilious host, mindful that she had originally arrived much as a stranger, arrived not at all deliberately or yearningly invited?—so that one positively had her possible susceptibilities the MORE on one’s conscience.
The old maple stump shot sickly pink switches from her roots, new switches every year. They crept yearningly toward the little square of window.
Use yearningly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Yearningly means With yearning; with desire; longingly..
Common synonyms include longingly, with longing.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He was silent a few moments, not looking at her; while her eyes were turned toward him yearningly, in alarm at this sudden change.
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