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Expectantly

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Adverb

1. expectantly

in an expectant manner

Example Sentences:
'she looked at him expectantly'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Expectantly

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adjective
1. 
expecting, anticipating, or hopeful
an expectant glance
2. 
having expectations, esp of possession of something or prosperity
3. 
pregnant
an expectant mother
noun
4. 
a person who expects something
5. obsolete
a candidate for office, esp for ecclesiastical preferment

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Expectantly

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adjective
1. 
expecting
; specif.,
a. 
having or showing expectation
b. 
waiting, as for the birth of a child or for an inheritance
noun
2. 
a person who expects something

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Expectantly

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adj.
1. Having or marked by expectation: an expectant look; an expectant hush.
2. Pregnant: expectant mothers.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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