Explore Longingly through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Longingly meaning
In a longing manner, with desire, yearningly.
Synonyms of Longingly
Using Longingly
- The main meaning on this page is: In a longing manner, with desire, yearningly.
- Useful related words include: yearningly.
- In the example corpus, longingly often appears in combinations such as: longingly at, look longingly, staring longingly.
Context around Longingly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Longingly
- In this selection, "longingly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, look, staring, moon, asked, australia and waiting stand out and add context to how "longingly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include abilities she longingly asked her and agencies look longingly for signs. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "longingly" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with longingly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Tentatively, longingly, Australia held out its arms. (7 words)
This is when the Apple fan in me starts looking somewhat longingly over at Microsoft‘s gear. (17 words)
Legier then looked out the window, longingly gazing toward the sky in contemplation of a more innocent time. (18 words)
While your dog might look longingly at you while you eat, you might want to resist the temptation to share your goodies until you are sure that the foods you are eating won’t have a negative impact on your pet. (41 words)
The large windows make the heroine look small and feeble in comparison as she gazes out longingly at the eternal blue, her tiny frame all but disappearing against the backdrop of the high seas, ready to swallow her whole. (39 words)
The babies “looked longingly at the fruit, and then they gave it away!” said Andrew Meltzoff, co-director of the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences at the University of Washington, in a statement. (33 words)
Example sentences (18)
As the last month in the first quarter, March is when clients and agencies look longingly for signs of growth—any green shoots that hint at a bountiful year ahead.
While Petunia shrieked at Lily's magical abilities, she longingly asked her sister how she managed to do it.
Although being a romantic feels solitary, there are others who also look up at the moon longingly while listening to the “La La Land” soundtrack.
He also has a moment where he looks on longingly as walks by (and why can blame him?) before she climbs into a car and drives off.
Tentatively, longingly, Australia held out its arms.
The babies “looked longingly at the fruit, and then they gave it away!” said Andrew Meltzoff, co-director of the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences at the University of Washington, in a statement.
Trump has said so many, I picture my risen Lord polishing off the airplane bottles in the minibar and looking longingly at the Nyquil.
When he takes a studio above a bustling port, the most populated the works get are the images of fishermen’s wives longingly waiting for their husbands to return from sea.
While your dog might look longingly at you while you eat, you might want to resist the temptation to share your goodies until you are sure that the foods you are eating won’t have a negative impact on your pet.
You can see the love in each of their eyes as they look longingly at each other, knowing nothing will ever come between them.
I realize this may not appear to have anything to do with Mr. Coates staring longingly at Mr. Goggins as a tranny, but I assure you it sort of does.
Stare longingly out of a window with a gorgeous view of a river while you listen to a lecture that’s drier than a sponge in the Sahara.
The large windows make the heroine look small and feeble in comparison as she gazes out longingly at the eternal blue, her tiny frame all but disappearing against the backdrop of the high seas, ready to swallow her whole.
This is when the Apple fan in me starts looking somewhat longingly over at Microsoft‘s gear.
If they get angry — if they start to throw things or talk longingly about the other immigrant kids who are totally superior to you in every way, remember that they are afraid.
I remember how much I used to love going to toy stores and staring longingly at all the various mecha kits.
Legier then looked out the window, longingly gazing toward the sky in contemplation of a more innocent time.
A High Tory political opponent wrote that "it was fitting she was depicted with her rump to the church, gazing longingly into a wineshop".
Common combinations with longingly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- longingly at 7×
- look longingly 3×
- staring longingly 2×