The Collaborative International Dictionary
Desirously
Desirously \De*sir"ous*ly\, adv. With desire; eagerly.
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desirously
adv. With desire; eagerly
Usage examples of "desirously".
In Toronto, it appears, one may leer desirously at under-dressed girls, or gape at them with the costive expression of one who considers Nudity and Art to be synonymous terms, but one must not laugh.
They may even have given the dragon occasional treats: you may breathe a little fire, they might say, or you may leer desirously at that virgin yonder, but if you make one false move you'll wish you hadn't.
Astor, of grasping with his individual hand this great enterprise, which for years had been dubiously yet desirously contemplated by powerful associations and maternal governments.