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Definition of Longed-for
1. Adjective. Greatly desired.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Longed-for
Literary usage of Longed-for
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1910)
"Although I took pleasure in fortifying the health I so much longed for, yet I
never left off working; both the chalice and the Mint had certainly as much of ..."
2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"... myself as wholly free from those infirmities as though I had been born again.
Although I took pleasure in fortifying the health I so much longed for, ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... towards those who longed for history of Christian art, from the predecessors
of correct abuses by holding up an ideal. ..."
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