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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
longed-for
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But William was a much loved and much longed-for baby, and the Prince and Princess could not have been happier.
▪ But with the help of a special miscarriage clinic, her longed-for baby finally became a reality.
▪ Her prayers were eventually answered, but after the birth of her first longed-for child she had four more.
▪ Three years after Diana's birth the longed-for son arrived.
▪ Which therapists explicitly or implicitly exaggerate the likelihood that they will be able to help their patients make the longed-for changes?
▪ Would-be grandparents can express their disappointment at not acquiring the longed-for grandchild.
WordNet
longed-for

adj. greatly desired [syn: wished-for, yearned-for]

Usage examples of "longed-for".

The longed-for crisis had arrived, revealing drawbacks in the Cummins method.

After Queen Jane died in 1537 after bearing the King his longed-for son and heir, Edward, Mary was first lady in the land until the arrival of Henry's fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, who was not to his taste and whose marriage was annulled after six months, having remained unconsummated.

But after quarters the longed-for drum would beat the retreat, tension would slacken, and hatred die away, so that by the time the evening gun roared out aboard the Admiral something like benevolence returned, and when he came forward to watch the dancing on the forecastle on warm, still, moonlit nights, or to see how the band was coming along, they would greet him very kindly.

Nothing but the longed-for glow of the indicator lamp could satisfy our burning desire now.

Despite Herculean efforts by the government and the local administrators in the Rajshahi Division, the levees had not supplied the longed-for protection to those living along its banks.