Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

expectantly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables: ex-pec-tant-ly
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an expectant manner.

Example Sentences

"The cat looked expectantly at the mouse."
"Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady.[…]She looked around expectantly, and recognizing Mrs. Cooke's maid[…]Miss Thorn greeted her with a smile which greatly prepossessed us in her favor."
"Professor Challenger was on his feet. His appearance and manner are peculiarly arresting, and as he raised his hand for order the whole audience settled down expectantly to give him a hearing."
"So he went, uneconomically but expectantly, to the emergency room."
"Larissa felt “pulled” to Rachel, who was standing expectantly on Larissa’s doorstep."

Etymology

Etymology tree English expectant Middle English -ly English -ly English expectantly From expectant + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more expectantly (comparative) most expectantly (superlative)

Questions

What does expectantly mean?: In an expectant manner.
Where does expectantly come from?: Etymology tree English expectant Middle English -ly English -ly English expectantly From expectant + -ly.

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