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longingly

/ˈlɒŋɪŋli/

longingly adverb: in a longing manner, with desire, yearningly.

Adverb

longingly (comparative more longingly, superlative most longingly)

  1. In a longing manner, with desire, yearningly.
    • As she stepped nearer and peered longingly out, she saw something else: she saw, only a little way below the window, the wide, flat tin roof of Miss Polly's sun parlor built over the porte-cochère. The sight filled her with longing. If only, now, she were out there!1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 7, in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC
    • So Sebastian fetched in a closed basket, set it down before her, and went out again quickly. 'you had better finish your lessions before opening it,' remarked Miss Rottenmeier firmly, though Clara looked longingly at it.1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 85

longingly meaning in Urdu and Bengali

longingly in Urdu

longingly
ارمان سے armān se, اشتیاق سے iśtiyāq se

longingly in Bengali

আকাঙ্ক্ষার সাথে, কামনা সহকারে, ব্যগ্রভাবে

Forms of longingly

comparativemore longingly
superlativemost longingly

Origin of longingly

From longing + -ly.

Questions about longingly

What does longingly mean?
Longingly means in a longing manner, with desire, yearningly.
What is longingly in Urdu?
Longingly in Urdu is ارمان سے (armān se), اشتیاق سے (iśtiyāq se). See Longingly meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is longingly?
Longingly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce longingly?
Longingly is pronounced /ˈlɒŋɪŋli/.

Words near longingly in the dictionary

  1. longing mark
  2. longing marks
  3. longing off
  4. longing-mark
  5. longing-marks
  6. longingly
  7. longingness
  8. longings
  9. Longinian
  10. Longino
  11. Longinos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: longingly (page history and authors); ارمان سے (Urdu) (page history and authors); longingly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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