yearny

yearny

English

Etymology

From yearn +‎ -y.

Adjective

yearny (comparative yearnier or more yearny, superlative yearniest or most yearny)

1. Indicating strong desire, passion, or longing; eager.
   • 2003, Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light:

     It was beautiful and made me feel yearny for home.

   • 2011 [1962], Anthony Burgess, Mark Rawlison, editor, A Clockwork Orange, New York: W. W. Norton, →ISBN, page 118:

     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 […]

2. Overly desirous; sentimental.
   • 2009, Stefan Kanfer, Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando:

     "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."

   • 2011, Jill Mansell, To The Moon and Back:

     Apart from the pathetic yearny crush bit, obviously.