expectant
adjective
having expectations; expecting.
unexpectantly
-
a word derived from
expectant.
Example Sentences
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As a second-year Ph.D. student, she became pregnant unexpectantly after her contraception failed.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 1, 2022
The women could see his empty coat-sleeve flutter as he walked slowly and unexpectantly in that glorious evening light.
From Strangers and Wayfarers by Sarah Orne Jewett
Lazily, unexpectantly, the angler casts his line, to be only a convenient perch for the dragonflies; for the fish, save the affrighted minnows and the hungry pickerel, are as lazy as he.
From In New England Fields and Woods by Rowland E. (Evans) Robinson
But presently she rose, lamenting for the pair so unexpectantly dead, and thought: "What is my life good for now?"
From Twenty-Two Goblins by Arthur William Ryder
Fearing that they had come unexpectantly on a native and might do him harm, he urged Badshah forward through the press of animals, which parted left and right to let him through.
From The Elephant God by Gordon Casserly
