desirous
adjective
desirously
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a word derived from
desirous.
Example Sentences
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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
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
True to her wild nature, her eyes turned desirously toward the open door.
From The Huntress by Hulbert Footner
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 Arthur Christopher Benson
"Are you offering it to me?" asked Ambrose, eying it desirously.
From The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest by Hulbert Footner
