— expectantly , adv.
/ik spek"teuhnt/ , adj.
1. having expectations; expecting: an excited, expectant audience.
2. pregnant; expecting: an expectant mother.
3. characterized by expectations: an expectant attitude.
4. in expectation; expected; prospective: an expectant fortune.
n.
5. a person who expects or who waits in expectation.
[ 1350-1400; ME expectant- (s. of expectans ), prp. of expectare to EXPECT; see -ANT ]