单词 | yearningly |
释义 | † yearninglyadj. 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. 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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