Dictionary

yearny en · ADJ

Etymology

From yearn + -y.

Meanings

1. Indicating strong desire, passion, or longing; eager.
   • It was beautiful and made me feel yearny for home. 2003, Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light:
   • I was slooshying more like malenky romantic songs, what they call Lieder, just a goloss and a piano, very quiet and like yearny, different from when it had been all bolshy orchestras and me lying on the bed between […] 1962, Anthony Burgess, edited by Mark Rawlison, A Clockwork Orange, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, published 2011, →ISBN, page 118:
2. Overly desirous; sentimental.
   • "Long Ago and Far Away," "Sentimental Journey": "Never thought my heart could be so yearny, Why did I decide to roam? Gotta take that sentimental journey, Sentimental journey home." 2009, Stefan Kanfer, Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando:
   • Apart from the pathetic yearny crush bit, obviously. 2011, Jill Mansell, To The Moon and Back:

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