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Definition of expectantly in English: expectantlyadverb ɛkˈspɛkt(ə)ntliɪkˈspɛktəntli With an excited feeling that something is about to happen, especially something good. she waited expectantly for his answer he looked expectantly at his friend Example sentencesExamples - Clutching a photocopied imprint of his face as my guide, I spot him hovering expectantly near the bar at Pastis, a French bistro in Manhattan's trendy Meat Packing District.
- Mr. Gardiner looked expectantly at the girls across the dinner table.
- They stood expectantly by the kerbside, and they stared with eager anticipation along the street.
- Expectantly, Anna Reynolds regarded the young lady.
- Everyone in the Australian music business has been expectantly waiting to see if Delta could repeat her phenomenal local success in the UK.
- He folded his arms across his chest and stared expectantly at his boss, who was staring back with an expression of suspicion on his face.
- He sat expectantly, mostly silently, while we wrote, read what we had written, commented to each other about our writing.
- A woman hurried out from another room, wiping her hands on her apron, and smiled expectantly at him.
- I stood in front of him and waited expectantly.
- They gazed up eagerly, expectantly, cheekily.
Definition of expectantly in US English: expectantlyadverbɪkˈspɛktəntliikˈspektəntlē With an excited feeling that something is about to happen, especially something good. she waited expectantly for his answer he looked expectantly at his friend Example sentencesExamples - They gazed up eagerly, expectantly, cheekily.
- They stood expectantly by the kerbside, and they stared with eager anticipation along the street.
- A woman hurried out from another room, wiping her hands on her apron, and smiled expectantly at him.
- Clutching a photocopied imprint of his face as my guide, I spot him hovering expectantly near the bar at Pastis, a French bistro in Manhattan's trendy Meat Packing District.
- I stood in front of him and waited expectantly.
- He folded his arms across his chest and stared expectantly at his boss, who was staring back with an expression of suspicion on his face.
- He sat expectantly, mostly silently, while we wrote, read what we had written, commented to each other about our writing.
- Expectantly, Anna Reynolds regarded the young lady.
- Mr. Gardiner looked expectantly at the girls across the dinner table.
- Everyone in the Australian music business has been expectantly waiting to see if Delta could repeat her phenomenal local success in the UK.
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