anticipative

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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

Apprehens′ive, pertaining to the laying hold of sensuous and mental impressions: intelligent, clever: having an apprehension or notion of: fearful: anticipative of something adverse.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

But had Pierre now reread the opening paragraph of her letter to him, he might have very quickly derived a powerful anticipative objection from his sister, which his own complete disinterestedness concealed from him.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

The Elder and Neil became restless and anticipative, and Maria could not escape the feverish mental contagion.

From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston