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What does longed-for mean?

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Adjective
  1. That is longed for.
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A pair of love birds found out what it was like to be treated like royalty when a longed-for letter from the Queen arrived by special delivery.
Then I realised that the longed-for news of peace had come through on the last news.
Her ailing father turned his face to the wall when he was presented with a princess, rather than the longed-for male heir.
It would have been very sad if we had been unable to reach this agreement, which was so longed-for by everyone.
Amelio succeeds in showing the abysmal sadness that results when the longed-for miracle of education doesn't quite live up to its hype.
Whatever way you look at it, it's the most longed-for celebration on the nation's calendar.

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