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单词 expectantly
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expectantlyadv.

Brit. /ᵻkˈspɛkt(ə)ntli/, /ɛkˈspɛkt(ə)ntli/, U.S. /ɪkˈspɛktən(t)li/, /ɛkˈspɛktən(t)li/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: expectant adj. and n., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < expectant adj. and n. + -ly suffix2.
1. Such as is awaited or anticipated; yet to come. Obsolete. rare.
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1618 T. Adams Happines of Church i. 3 Yee are (not comming, but) come: it is rather a time perfectly past, then expectantly future. Which plainely demonstrates, that this is a description of the Church in her militant estate, so well as triumphant.
2. In a manner indicative or expressive of anticipation or hopeful expectation.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adverb]
expectedly1632
expectingly1677
expectantly1771
anticipatingly1851
waitingly1882
1771 Scots Mag. Apr. 207/1 With joyful hearts, expectantly they wait The rolling seasons, and the ripen'd grain.
1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions II. xv. 29 Miss Franklin smiled, and looked expectantly at the Doctor.
1857 W. Collins Dead Secret II. v. v. 175 His head turned expectantly in the direction in which he had last heard..his wife's voice.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iv. xxx. 260 The children..stood in front of her with their sweet faces upturned expectantly.
1949 Meet yourself at Doctor's (Mass-observation Surv.) (2009) v. 34 The doctor arrives at precisely nine o'clock and the assembled patients shifting expectantly watch him disappear into the consulting room.
2001 Times 7 Mar. ii. 7/1 Hold the front page! We've got a great story! Journalists crowd expectantly round the newsdesk.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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