desirously
- a word derived from desirous.
Example Sentences
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It must of course continue to exist, but it is displaced in the spiritual hierarchy; and all that moves courageously, desirously, and vitally into the action of life takes on a deeper and subtler intention.
From Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Why, my child, dost thou so desirously court ambition, the most baneful of the deities? do not thou; the Goddess is unjust.
From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides
The right thing to do is to be able to recognise generously and desirously when you see anyone doing something finely which you do badly, and to say, 'Come, that's the right way!
From Father Payne by Benson, Arthur Christopher
“You will ’ave it nice,” said Miriam, desirously.
From The History of Mr. Polly by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Leaning his face against the old fence, he gazed through desirously.
From The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories by Bull, Charles Livingston
