Definition of "yearningly"

He was silent a few moments, not looking at her; while her eyes were turned toward him yearningly, in alarm at this sudden change.

1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss‎, Book 6, Chapter 14

Yet what was it she had in mind, what did she wish to make of him beyond what she had already made, a patient, punctilious host, mindful that she had originally arrived much as a stranger, arrived not at all deliberately or yearningly invited?—so that one positively had her possible susceptibilities the MORE on one’s conscience.

1904, Henry James, The Golden Bowl‎, Part 2, Chapter 7

The old maple stump shot sickly pink switches from her roots, new switches every year. They crept yearningly toward the little square of window.

1944, Emily Carr, “Life Loves Living”, in The House of All Sorts‎