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Antonyms for yearningly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : yur-ning
Phonetic Transcription : ˈyɜr nɪŋ



Definition of yearningly

  • As in lovingly : adv tenderly
  • As in dearly : adv lovingly
Example sentences :
  • Helen looked up and caught the eyes so yearningly regarding her.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • I had feared that the yearningly inquisitive Sarah might also be there.
  • Extract from : « John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein » by Frank R. Stockton
  • He must go with us—Jimmy,” broke out Helena yearningly: “and so must you.
  • Extract from : « The Lady and the Pirate » by Emerson Hough
  • She watched him yearningly until he felt her gaze and looked at her.
  • Extract from : « The Secret of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
  • He slipped an arm around her yearningly, and then the storm within her broke.
  • Extract from : « Children of the Desert » by Louis Dodge
  • Yearningly then, and only when it had done so, Miss Cutter took up the money.
  • Extract from : « Some Short Stories » by Henry James
  • She held the lapels of his coat and looked tenderly, yearningly, in his face.
  • Extract from : « The Invader » by Margaret L. Woods
  • She did wish he would not look at her—was it wistfully, yearningly or what?
  • Extract from : « Meg of Mystery Mountain » by Grace May North
  • Her trembling hands were stretched out before her yearningly.
  • Extract from : « When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
  • She turned her head toward him longingly, yearningly, with heaving breast.
  • Extract from : « She's All the World to Me » by Hall Caine

Synonyms for yearningly

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