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Definition: Longingly |
LonginglyAdverb1. In a yearning manner; "he spent the rest of the act gazing longingly over my right shoulder at the illuminated word `Exit'". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "longingly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references) |
Synonyms: LonginglySynonyms: with longing (adv), yearningly (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Longingly |
| English words defined with "longingly": Wishly, with longing ♦ yearningly. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "longingly": Wishly. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I had no idea how much until I found myself gazing longingly at the Washington Monument! (The Naked Truth; writing credit: Scott Bank; Jenny Banks) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| "Longingly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Longingly" is used about 64 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 64 | 42,009 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "longingly": desire longingly. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "longingly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
German | sehnsüchtige. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | ansioso (agog, anxious, desirous, desirously, eager, keen, longing, nervous, uneasy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 恋恋として (fondly), 恋々として (fondly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | れ"れ"として (fondly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | dy miandagh, dy foddeeagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onginglylay cu nerãbdare, cu dor (languorously). (various references) ağzının suyu akmak (desire longingly, lick one's chops, lick one's lips, slaver, slaver for, slobber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Longingly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ongoingly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "longingly" (pronounced lô"nginglē) |
| 4 | -i ng l ē | accordingly, accusingly, admiringly, agonizingly, alarmingly, amazingly, amusingly, appallingly, appealingly, approvingly, astonishingly, astoundingly, breathtakingly, charmingly, chillingly, compellingly, confusingly, convincingly, correspondingly, demandingly, depressingly, devastatingly, disappointingly, disarmingly, disparagingly, distressingly, disturbingly, embarrassingly, exceedingly, excruciatingly, fittingly, fleetingly, frighteningly, frowningly, frustratingly, glowingly, grudgingly, haltingly, hauntingly, increasingly, interestingly, intriguingly, jokingly, kiddingly, knowingly, laughingly, lovingly, maddeningly, menacingly, misleadingly, movingly, numbingly, obligingly, overwhelmingly, painstakingly, pleasingly, reassuringly, refreshingly, resoundingly, screamingly, seemingly, shockingly, smilingly, soothingly, sparingly, sportingly, startlingly, strikingly, stunningly, surprisingly, tantalizingly, tellingly, threateningly, unfailingly, unhesitatingly, unknowingly, unsurprisingly, unthinkingly, unwillingly, unwittingly, warningly, willingly, wittingly. |
| 3 | -ng l ē | gangly, kingly, Langley, strongly, wrongly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-g-i-l-l-n-n-o-y" | |
-2 letters: longing. | |
-3 letters: logily, longly, noggin, ogling. | |
-4 letters: gilly, ginny, going, golly, lingo, lingy, loggy, lying, noily, nonyl, nylon, yogin. | |
-5 letters: gill, gong, illy, inly, lily, ling, linn, lino, liny, lion, logy, loin, long, nill, nogg, noil, oily, only, yill, yogi, yoni. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 6F 6E 67 69 6E 67 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. --- -. --. .. -. --. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01101111 01101110 01100111 01101001 01101110 01100111 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L o n g i n g l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 006F 006E 0067 0069 006E 0067 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)468180737580737891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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