Expectantly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Expectantly is an adverb meaning In an expectant manner.
Meaning
In an expectant manner.
Example Sentences
The cat looked expectantly at the mouse.
So he went, uneconomically but expectantly, to the emergency room.
Larissa felt “pulled” to Rachel, who was standing expectantly on Larissa’s doorstep.
Professor Challenger was on his feet. His appearance and manner are peculiarly arresting, and as he raised his hand for order the whole audience settled down expectantly to give him a hearing.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include forward, expectingly, anticipatively, anticipatingly, expectably, expectationally.
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