yearning
         n 1: prolonged unfulfilled desire or need [syn: {longing},
               {yearning}, {hungriness}]

English Dictionary: yearningly	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yearningly adv in a yearning manner; "he spent the rest of the act gazing longingly over my right shoulder at the illuminated word `Exit'" Synonym(s): longingly, yearningly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yarnen \Yarn"en\, a.       Made of yarn; consisting of yarn. [Obs.] [bd]A pair of yarnen       stocks.[b8] --Turbervile.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yearn \Yearn\ (y[etil]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Yearned}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Yearning}.] [Also earn, ern; probably a corruption       of OE. ermen to grieve, AS. ierman, yrman, or geierman,       geyrman, fr. earm wretched, poor; akin to D. & G. arm, Icel.       armr, Goth. arms. The y- in English is perhaps due to the AS.       ge (see {Y-}).]       To pain; to grieve; to vex. [Obs.] [bd]She laments, sir, for       it, that it would yearn your heart to see it.[b8] --Shak.                   It yearns me not if men my garments wear. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yearningly \Yearn"ing*ly\, adv.       With yearning.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yearnings \Yearn"ings\, n. pl. [Cf. AS. geirnan, geyrnan, to       rum. See 4th {Earn}.]       The maws, or stomachs, of young calves, used as a rennet for       curdling milk. [Scot.]