Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- With expectation.
Wiktionary
- adv. In a state of expectation.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. In a state of expectation.
Etymologies
- expecting + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“She turned and looked expectingly at Ron, who cleared his throat and said in a thick voice, “yeah … thanks Dobby.””
“She turned and looked expectingly at Ron, who cleared his throat and said in a thick voice, -yeah ... thanks Dobby.”
“He saw no reason to stay his confidences, and the Cornal was waiting expectingly on him.”
“Apparently however he had forgotten completely his gun, which lay faithfully and expectingly in his two noble hands.”
“But when you have found out what the will of God is, seek for His help, and seek it earnestly, perseveringly, patiently, believingly, and expectingly: and you will surely, in His own time and way, obtain it.”
George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God
“Then he thought, as he picked up the knife again, how small an amount of food would suffice to keep these two alive for a few days longer, and surely a sail _must_ come in sight at last; they had waited for it, expectingly, so long!”
“I did not appear in the street, as I would not give any countenance to such a wrong; but an English lady, my friend, told me they seemed to look expectingly for the strong party of friends they had always pretended to have within the walls.”
At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe
“Gern Leonhard is not one of the many at Midem who are looking expectingly to ISPs to reduce piracy and usher in prosperity through controlled services.”
“And 't was this of which I was thinking when I spoke expectingly of a court-martial. ”
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