Yearningly


deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness:
a widower’s yearning for his wife.
an instance of such longing.
historical examples

a maid of the kentucky hills edwin carlile litsey
the lady and the pirate emerson hough
crestlands mary addams bayne
the secret of the storm country grace miller white
memoirs of a midget walter de la mare
the invader margaret l. woods
john gayther’s garden and the stories told therein frank r. stockton
when valmond came to pontiac, complete gilbert parker
she’s all the world to me hall caine
the portrait of a lady henry james

noun
an intense or overpowering longing, desire, or need; craving

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