cravingly

In desperate want

In a manner expressing intense longing or desire.

The adverb is rare and literary, formed from the verb crave: She looked cravingly at the chocolate cake.

Most speakers would choose hungrily, longingly, or desperately instead.

eagerness

eagerly

With keen enthusiasm

ravenously · enthusiastically · keenly · zealously · impatiently · anxiously · excitedly · breathlessly · expectantly · hungrily

desire

longingly

With intense desire

covetously · achingly · hungrily · thirstily · needily · desperately · pleadingly · imploringly · beseechingly · enviously

passion

passionately

With intense emotion

intensely · obsessively · insatiably · desperately · wildly · madly · overwhelmingly · unquenchably · feverishly · achingly

Opposites
intensity of desire

cravinglyindifferently

Without preference or concern

apathetically · dispassionately · unenthusiastically · nonchalantly · coolly

willingness/attitude

cravinglyreluctantly

With obvious unwillingness

grudgingly · unwillingly · halfheartedly · begrudgingly · resistantly

Phrases
Family

craving, cravings

Familiarity
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G