waiting
noun
a period of waiting; pause, interval, or delay.
waitingly
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a word derived from
waiting.
Example Sentences
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Steering started now and again and held his head waitingly.
From Sally of Missouri by Rose E. (Rose Emmet) Young
At the sound of the carriage the landlord hurried out, and stood beside Derrick, waitingly.
From The Woman's Way by Charles Garvice
Was he justified in taking this comely young fellow into the grim uncertainty that lay ahead, into the jaws of the specter grinning waitingly behind the red lights of Bart Coogan's gambling hell at Gunnison?
From The Song of the Wolf by Frank Mayer
She felt crushed, overwhelmed, but she could not remain silent; she had to speak; the eyes of those who were near were fixed upon her waitingly.
From Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden by Charles Garvice
Drake looked at her as he never thought that he could have looked at her—calmly, waitingly.
From Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden by Charles Garvice
