LONGINGLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does longingly mean? 

• LONGINGLY (adverb)
  The adverb LONGINGLY has 1 sense:

1. in a yearning manner

  Familiarity information: LONGINGLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LONGINGLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a yearning manner

Synonyms:

longingly; yearningly

Context example:

he spent the rest of the act gazing longingly over my right shoulder at the illuminated word 'Exit'

 Context examples 

I, too, leaned upon the rail and gazed longingly into the sea, with the certainty that sooner or later I should be sinking down, down, through the cool green depths of its oblivion.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)