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comparative more expectant, superlative most expectant
Marked by expectation. examples
Pregnant. quotations examples
After seeing all the beautiful little wardrobe of the mother expectant, praising her delicate needlework, and inwardly regretting their own inability to add to it, they got a hearty lunch, intended for a dinner, and returned homewards,...
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 18
(medicine, dated) Awaiting the effects of nature, with little active treatment. examples
plural expectants
A person who expects or awaits something. examples