desirously
In wanting fashion
In a manner expressing or driven by desire or longing.
The word is rare and literary: She gazed desirously at the diamond necklace in the window.
It suggests wanting something intensely, whether the object is physical, romantic, or abstract.
With intense wistful desire
- wistfullyWith pensive longing
- longinglyWith intense desire
- wishfullyWith unrealistic hope
- achinglyWith painful intensity
hopefully · dreamily · nostalgically · sighingly · plaintively · mournfully · forlornly · tenderly
With keen enthusiasm
- avidlyWith intense enthusiasm
- enthusiasticallyWith eager excitement
- keenlyWith intense interest
- ferventlyWith intense passionate feeling
ardently · zealously · earnestly · intently · excitedly · impatiently · vehemently · voraciously
With sexual desire
- amorouslyIn romantic manner
- ardentlyWith intense feeling
- sensuallyIn a pleasure-seeking manner
- passionatelyWith intense emotion
carnally · hungrily · intensely · feverishly · heatedly · smolderingly · romantically · erotically
yearningly
With intense wistful desire
achingly · hopefully · dreamily · nostalgically · sighingly · plaintively · mournfully · forlornly · tenderly · ruefully
eagerly
With keen enthusiasm
- avidlyWith intense enthusiasm
- enthusiasticallyWith eager excitement
- keenlyWith intense interest
fervently · ardently · zealously · earnestly · intently · excitedly · impatiently · vehemently · voraciously · hungrily
lustfully
With sexual desire
passionately · carnally · hungrily · intensely · feverishly · heatedly · smolderingly · romantically · erotically · salaciously
desirouslyindifferently
Without preference or concern
apathetically · dispassionately · tepidly · unenthusiastically · coolly
desirouslyreluctantly
With obvious unwillingness
unwillingly · grudgingly · aversely · resistantly · hesitantly