anticipate
verb (used with object)
to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee.
anticipatorily
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a word derived from
anticipate.
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a word derived from
anticipatory.
Example Sentences
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"It's pretty wild out there evidently," Hamilton said anticipatorily.
From The Boy With the U.S. Census by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
They have a dramatic sense that sets them anticipatorily on a stage, bowing to the applause of the multitude.
From The Pleasures of Ignorance by Robert Lynd
PUNCH,—When I last wrote to you I was anticipatorily revelling in the sea-bathing, tennis tournaments, pier band, and evening promenades of Flatsands.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 30, 1890 by Various
