the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > wait, await [verb (intransitive)] > expectantly (3)
intransitive. To wait or look expectantly. Obsolete. rare.
absol. or intransitive. To wait in expectation or readiness; = attend, v. 16. Obsolete.
intransitive or absol. colloquial. to wait about: to linger expectantly, ‘hang about’ where something is likely to happen. Also (chiefly U.S.) to w…