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单词 yearningly
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yearninglyadj.

Forms: Old English gyrnendlic, Middle English yhernandlike, Middle English yornandlike.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English giernende , -ly suffix1.
Etymology: < Old English giernende, present participle of giernan yearn v.1 + -ly suffix1. In Middle English only found translating classical Latin dēsīderābilis desiderable adj.Compare also the Old English prefixed form gegiernendlic , in the same sense ( < gegiernende , present participle of gegiernan (see yearn v.1) + -ly suffix1).
Obsolete.
Desirable.
ΘΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adjective] > desirable
yearninglyOE
desiderablea1340
desirablea1382
desirefulc1384
dainteousc1386
fairc1410
desirous1430
expetible1569
lustful?1610
appetible1622
desiderate1640
honeysuckle1660
deligible1680
wantable1886
OE tr. Defensor Liber Scintillarum (1969) xxx. 216 Qui in appetendis honoribus saeculi..instanti desudat labore et hic et in futuro uacuus inuenitur a requie : se þe on gyrnendlicum wurðscypum worulde..mid onstandendum beswæt geswince ge her ge on towerdum æmtig byð gemett fram reste.
a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) xviii. 11 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 151 (MED) Yornandlike [L. desiderabilia] ouer þe golde, And stane derworthi mikel holde.
a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) cv. 23 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 240 (MED) For noghte þai had þe land Þat yhernandlike [L. desiderabilem] was in þar hand.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

yearninglyadv.

Brit. /ˈjəːnɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈjərnɪŋli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: yearning adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < yearning adj. + -ly suffix2.
In a manner expressive or suggestive of yearning; with yearning.
ΘΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > [adverb]
sore1297
longingly1435
sithingly1570
yearningly1625
achingly1765
longfully1850
yearnfully1876
1625 J. Hall Wks. 330 Sue for pardon as for life, heartily, yearningly.
1651 R. Weldon Of Antichrist 98 I will disturbe the Churches Unity, which thou so yearningly prayedst for!
1804 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) II. 1144 I think of you ever yearningly & with habitual affection.
1861 H. Macmillan Footnotes from Nature 197 The geranium growing in the cottage window yearningly stretches out its tender leaves..to the smiling sunshine.
1894 H. Caine Manxman v. iii He looked at it lovingly, fondly, yearningly.
1949 Jrnl. Personality 18 24 A picture of a love scene, a handsome young Arab leaning yearningly over his beloved on a couch in a Moorish setting.
1992 Vanity Fair June 169/3 If you..seat Wenner among mere writers and journalists, you will soon find him gazing yearningly elsewhere.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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