Meaning of lovesickly | Babel Free

Definitions

In a lovesick manner.

Examples

“...and, most of all, a romantic figure like Errol Flynn to captain the Sea Hawks, to be loyal to the Queen, to gaze lovesickly into the big, beautiful, cowy, Spanish eyes of Brenda Marshall, to lead his stalwart men (Alan Hale, J. M. Kerrigan, William Lundigan and all the others including an interesting newcomer, David Bruce) into Panama to rob the Spanish, to stand by them and help them escape when they are captured, and finally to slash his way in duel after duel through guard and intriguing lords to his Queen with the plans of the ARMADA.”

“Not to phone or meet her or hang around lovesickly.”

“Not because Costello wasn't technically qualified to serve as Deputy Mayor, but because the designation of Costello under the embarrassing circumstances of his enthusiastic rejection by the voters on Election Day clearly suggested that here was a duty-appointment—done in brazen defiance of the democratic canons about which, during the campaign, Lindsay had spoken so lovesickly.”

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