Associations to the word «Longingly»

Wiktionary

LONGINGLY, adverb. In a longing manner, with desire, yearningly.

Dictionary definition

LONGINGLY, adverb. In a yearning manner; "he spent the rest of the act gazing longingly over my right shoulder at the illuminated word `Exit'".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.