expectancy
noun
the quality or state of expecting; expectation; anticipatory belief or desire.
expectance
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a variation of
expectancy.
Example Sentences
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“A stasis develops between expectance and realization,” he wrote of a piece in 1971.
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2020
It conveyed all the tension, expectance and suspense.
From Golf Digest ● Sep. 4, 2012
The word which he employs, by its very form, expresses that that expectance is habitual and continuous.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Alexander Maclaren
If we exercise expectance, and desire and petition and faithful stewardship, we shall get what we need.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Alexander Maclaren
Terence quickly obeyed, while the others looked on in eager expectance.
From The Misfit Christmas Puddings by Club Consolation
