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# longingly

adverb (longingly)

«longingly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

In a way that shows you want something very much, often something you cannot have. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longingly/#m1)

### In the lessons

In stories it tells the reader about a character's wish: they look longingly at food, a toy, or home. Mole looks longingly towards his old home in The Wind in the Willows; Alice looks longingly at the lovely garden through the tiny door.

### Examples

- The puppy looked longingly at the sausages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longingly/#x1)
- Alice gazed longingly at the garden through the little door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longingly/#x2)
- She stared longingly at the bike in the shop window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longingly/#x3)
- Mole sniffed the air longingly as he remembered his home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longingly/#x4)
- He looked longingly out of the window at the snow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longingly/#x5)
- The Rat listened longingly to the Sea Rat's tales. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longingly/#x6)
- The grapes seemed ready to burst with juice, and the Fox's mouth watered as he gazed longingly at them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longingly/#x7)

### Note

From «long» (to wish strongly) + -ing + -ly. Not about length.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «longingly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longingly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«longingly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/longingly.html) on Mova free.