Expectancy
[ɪk'spekt(ə)nsɪ;ek-] or [ɪk'spɛktənsi]
Definition
(n.) The act of expecting ; expectation.
(n.) That which is expected, or looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope.
Editor: Myra
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Expectation, hope, expectance.[2]. (Law.) Abeyance, prospect.
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Examples
- Selden had risen, and was standing before her in an attitude of uncontrollable expectancy. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- In breathless expectancy I waited, when finally the great door moved softly toward me and slid quietly to one side. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- It was with feelings of excited expectancy which I could scarce hide that I heard the youth's approach upon the occasion of his next regular visit. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The frightened slaves about her trembled in wide-eyed expectancy, knowing not whether to pray for our victory or our defeat. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Her look of confidence and diffidence contrasted with Ursula's sensitive expectancy. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- At such times the more exuberant among them called out in an excited manner on our emergence round some corner of expectancy, Here they come! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- When half a year wasted in vain expectancy, my hope died out, and then I felt dark indeed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He is not disdainful of the study of the lower animals, but invites us to investigate all forms in the expectancy of discovering something natural and beautiful. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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