expect
verb (used with object)
to look forward to; regard as likely to happen; anticipate the occurrence or the coming of.
expectingly
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a word derived from
expect.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Howel complied, and when he had done, he looked expectingly at the lady.
From Home as Found by James Fenimore Cooper
Apparently however he had forgotten completely his gun, which lay faithfully and expectingly in his two noble hands.
From The Enormous Room by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings
And ’t was this of which I was thinking when I spoke expectingly of a court-martial.”
From Janice Meredith by Paul Leicester Ford
He saw no reason to stay his confidences, and the Cornal was waiting expectingly on him.
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Neil Munro
