yearning

yearning
yearningly, adv.
/yerr"ning/, n.
1. deep longing, esp. when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a widower's yearning for his wife.
2. an instance of such longing.
[bef. 900; ME; OE gierninge. See YEARN, -ING1]
Syn. 1. See desire.

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