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# longingly

«longingly» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a way that shows you want something very much, often…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (longingly)

### meaning for a pupil

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

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longingly/#x1)
- Alice gazed longingly at the garden through the little door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longingly/#x2)
- She stared longingly at the bike in the shop window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longingly/#x3)
- Mole sniffed the air longingly as he remembered his home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longingly/#x4)
- He looked longingly out of the window at the snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longingly/#x5)
- The Rat listened longingly to the Sea Rat's tales. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longingly/#x7)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «longingly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longingly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.