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yearningly

UK/ˈjɜːnɪŋli//ˈjɝnɪŋli/

yearningly adverb: with yearning; with desire; longingly.

Adverb

yearningly (comparative more yearningly, superlative most yearningly)

  1. 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.1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, Book 6, Chapter 14
    • 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...1904, Henry James, The Golden Bowl, Part 2, Chapter 7

yearningly meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

yearningly in Bengali

আকাঙ্ক্ষা সহকারে, কামনা সহ, ব্যগ্রভাবে

yearningly in Malayalam

വാത്സല്യത്തോടെ, കൊതിയോടെ, ആശയോടുകൂടി

Forms of yearningly

comparativemore yearningly
superlativemost yearningly

Origin of yearningly

From yearning + -ly.

Questions about yearningly

What does yearningly mean?
Yearningly means with yearning; with desire; longingly.
What is yearningly in Bengali?
Yearningly in Bengali is আকাঙ্ক্ষা সহকারে, কামনা সহ, ব্যগ্রভাবে. See Yearningly meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is yearningly?
Yearningly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce yearningly?
Yearningly is pronounced /ˈjɜːnɪŋli/ (UK).

Words near yearningly in the dictionary

  1. yearneth
  2. yearnful
  3. yearnfully
  4. yearnfulness
  5. yearning
  6. yearningly
  7. yearningness
  8. yearnings
  9. yearns
  10. yearnsome
  11. yearnt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yearningly (page history and authors); yearningly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); yearningly (Malayalam 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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