different between longingly vs incessantly

English

Etymology

longing +? -ly

Adverb

longingly (comparative more longingly, superlative most longingly)

1. In a longing manner, with desire, yearningly.
   • 1913 Eleanor Porter: Pollyanna: Chapter 7:

     As she stepped nearer and peered longingly out, she saw something else: she saw, only a little way below the window, the wide, flat tin roof of Miss Polly's sun parlor built over the porte-cochère. The sight filled her with longing. If only, now, she were out there!

English

Etymology

incessant +? -ly

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?s?s.?nt.li/

Adverb

incessantly (not comparable)

1. In a manner without pause or stop, especially to the point of annoyance; not ceasing.

   He jabbered incessantly and annoyed everyone.

   • 1865 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

     "You are old, father William," the young man said,

     "And your hair has become very white;

     And yet you incessantly stand on your head--

     Do you think, at your age, it is right?"

   • 1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter I. "The Shipwreck", page 14.

     There were the tawny rocks, like lions couchant, defying the ocean, whose waves incessantly dashed against and scoured them with vast quantities of gravel.

2. (obsolete) immediately

Synonyms

• (in a manner without pause or stop): ceaselessly, continuously, unremittingly; see also Thesaurus:continuously

Related terms

• incessant

Translations

Anagrams

• calystenins