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expectancy
/ɪkˈspɛktənsi/
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What does expectancy mean?
noun
- Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something.
- The state of being expected.
- Future interest as to possession or enjoyment
More meanings (2)
noun
- expectation; expected value
- (obsolete) Something expected or awaited.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɪkˈspɛktənsi/
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In breathless expectancy I waited, when finally the great door moved softly toward me and slid quietly to one side.
He started out upon these walks half guiltily, with a curious longing and expectancy which were wholly gratified by solitude.
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When she thought that he was there at hand, waiting for her, she grew numb with the intoxication of expectancy.
It must be added that if this impulse was not vicious or malicious, it was by no means void of humorous expectancy.
The excitement of expectancy reigned upon each row of countenances, was visible in every attitude--nay, seemed a part of the close, overheated atmosphere itself.