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anticipative

[an-tis-uh-pay-tiv, -puh-tiv] / ænˈtɪs əˌpeɪ tɪv, -pə tɪv /


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Mahalia was even more anticipative about her subsequent pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

From Time Magazine Archive

The President issued two proclamations—one anticipative, one celebrative.

From Time Magazine Archive

He divined that at this she would be very brave and buoyant, and he was lost in anticipative admiration; when she was neither he admired more than ever.

From Romance Island by Zona Gale

A good hard gallop would have cured her anticipative homesickness, for it must be a very black care indeed that keeps its seat behind the rider.

From Westways by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell

There was a note of anticipative defiance in the young voice as she spoke.

From The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell




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