Definition of Expectantly

1. Adverb. In an expectant manner. "She looked at him expectantly"

Partainyms: Expectant

Definition of Expectantly

1. Adverb. In an expectant manner ¹

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Definition of Expectantly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Expectantly

expatriation
expatriations
expatriatism
expatriatisms
expatriot
expats
expect
expect the unexpected
expectable
expectably
expectance
expectances
expectancies
expectancy
expectant
expectantly
expectants
expectation
expectation neurosis
expectation of life
expectational
expectations
expectative
expectative grace
expected
expected date of confinement
expected value
expectedly
expectedness
expectednesses

Literary usage of Expectantly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Journal (1877)
"... we will suppose ; ever so many hearts are beating expectantly for him in the vast city yonder, which casts a yellow reflection in the sky, ..."

2. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1879)
"At Vienna an acute eczema is treated expectantly. Once the period of stasis is reached, when the disease is becoming or has bee ime local, ..."

3. Philippine Life in Town and Country by James Alfred LeRoy, James Alfred Le Roy (1907)
"And while we await expectantly upon Spain some day to restore your good name and cease to be answerable for your death, let these pages serve as a tardy ..."

4. Therapeutic Gazette (1921)
"The premise, mentioned above, of treating all septic cases expectantly until fever-free, ... However, the latter cases, though treated expectantly, ..."

5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1920)
"Analogously, since we cannot select the cases of septic abortion for a specific therapy, is it better to curette or to treat expectantly? ..."

6. Urology: Diseases of the Urinary Organs, Diseases of the Male Genital Organs by Edward Loughborough Keyes (1917)
"Although severe wounds in the kidney have been known to heal, the prospects of cases treated expectantly are not good. Thus, among 273 uncomplicated cases ..."

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