anticipative
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of anticipative
First recorded in 1655–65; anticipate + -ive
Example Sentences
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The President issued two proclamations—one anticipative, one celebrative.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mahalia was even more anticipative about her subsequent pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meanwhile complacent Partlet sits and broods, Blandly anticipative.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, January 25th, 1890 by Various
The Doctor, looking complacently expansive, cheerily anticipative, welcomed them on the doorstep.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 8, 1893 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
So, by the way, did Split, out in the hall, her eye at the crack of the door, her feet lifting alternately with anticipative rapture.
From The Madigans by Orson Lowell
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