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Wantingly vs Rantingly - What's the difference?

wantingly | rantingly |

As adverbs the difference between wantingly and rantingly

is that wantingly is with desire; yearningly while rantingly is with ranting; speaking loudly and angrily.

wantingly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • With desire; yearningly.
  • * 2008 , Ryan Dalgliesh, Love Notes (page 86)
    • This may be a tough pill to swallow but what Christ is saying is if you look wantingly , powerfully, or lustfully after someone, you have committed adultery. This is true for the married person reading this and the single person.

    rantingly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • With ranting; speaking loudly and angrily.
  • * 1738 , Thomas Morgan, The Moral Philosopher
    • In short, these are only two different Species of Distraction: The Enthusiast is deeply and sullenly out of his Wits, and the Atheist is merrily and rantingly mad, and both are owing to the same general Cause