Example Sentences
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"Proceed, monsieur," and the other's face began to beam anticipatively.
From Affairs of State by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
"Wait a spall," he said; and ran his hand anticipatively into his pocket.
From Vesty of the Basins by Greene, Sarah P. McLean
“What are they worth again?” asked the elder Daniels, licking his lips anticipatively.
From The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune by Goldfrap, John Henry
This is remarked, however, only incidentally and anticipatively; some other ideas must be first explained.
At which challenge one might almost have been tempted anticipatively to say at a venture—Scrooge!
From Charles Dickens as a Reader by Kent, Charles Foster
