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Synonyms: appetency, appetite, craving, drive, hankering,hunger, itch, jones [slang], letch, desire, lust, passion,pining, thirst, thirstiness, urge, yearning, yen
Examples of LONGING- They looked with longing toward freedom.
- She cast a look of longing at the shop window.
- She never told anyone about her secret longings.
You can use it in many ways but if you want to use specifically "longingly", you may say:
She glanced longingly at his back, knowing that they may never see each other again.
He stared at the cake longingly as the waiter carried it past his nose, to another nearby table.
I longingly looked at the beautifully wrapped gifts underneath the tree, staring especially at at the silver one with a pink bow, a gift to me from my sexy boyfriend.
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What part of speech is longingly?
Longingly is an adverb, usually adverbs end with the suffix -ly like longingly.
Is longingly an adverb?
Yes, it is an adverb. It means in a wistful, longing, or yearning manner.
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I have several sentences for you.She gazed longingly at the slice of chocolate cake.He thought longingly about his nice, comfy bed while he was hiking the trail.I was homesick at camp, and wrote longingly about Mom and Dad in my journal.
What part of speech is longingly?
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No, the sentence is not grammatically correct. It should be "I am waiting longingly for you."
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What rhymes with longingly?
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You know if he is thinking of you when he: -texts you or calls you -you see him around, and he looks longingly at you
