—longing adjectiveExamples from the Corpuslongingly• Neptina Jones, 25, stares at Jakhaila longingly. She looked at the bracelet again longingly.

Is longingly an adjective or adverb?

Longingly is an adverb. The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

Is longingly an adverb?

In a longing manner, with desire, yearningly.