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Synonyms for expectant
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ik-spek-tuh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈspɛk tənt |
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Définition of expectant
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French expectant or directly from Latin expectantem/exspectantem (nominative expectans/exspectans), present participle of expectare/exspectare (see expect). Related: Expectantly. As a noun, from 1620s.
- adj anticipating
- adj preparing to give birth
- His face had a patient, expectant look, as if he waited for them to do something.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- We hastened to mount, Clara's eyes full of expectant frolic.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- At Length her heart's desire must be drawing near to her expectant soul!
- Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald
- It was opened very quickly, as if by some one who was on the watch, expectant of an arrival.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- She did not speak, however, but only listened with her thoughtful and expectant air.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- For a long moment Captain Tremayne stood there in tense, expectant silence.
- Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
- Not a muscle quivered, not a foot stirred in the expectant crowd.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
- The birds, the insects even, all life seemed to crouch, hushed and expectant.
- Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
- The wind fell and all nature lay hushed and expectant, waiting for the rain.
- Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge
- Constrained to fill in his expectant pause, she made shift with a "How very odd!"
- Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
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