adv. [f. LONGING ppl. a. + -LY2.] In a longing manner; with yearning desire.

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1435.  Misyn, Fire of Love, II. 103. To longe, longyngly in lufe dee.

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1634.  W. Tirwhyt, trans. Balzac’s Lett., 374. The most zealous among them [Our Doctors] longingly expect a more quiet season.

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1682.  Dryden, Medal, 5. To his first byass, longingly he leans.

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1861.  Smiles, Engineers (1862), III. 247. No wonder that in the midst of these troubles he should longingly speak of returning to his native land.

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1881.  Macm. Mag., XLIV. 51/1. She whispered longingly, ‘If I had only had your first love!’

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1885.  Manch. Exam., 10 July, 4/7. Mexican parties who look longingly upon the surplus of the American treasury.

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